Nutritional status and body composition of a group of elderly free-living people in Zulia State, Venezuela;Estado nutricional y composición corporal de un grupo de adultos mayores no institucionalizados del Estado Zulia, Venezuela

Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 190-195

  Falque Madrid, Luis ^a   Piñero Corredor, Maria P ^a   Zambrano De Rodriguez, Nelly ^a   Quintero, Jorge ^a   Souki de Gabarrón, Aida ^a   Arias Marquez, Nelly ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VENEZUELA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEX FACTORS; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0040816158     PISSN: 00040622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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