Nutritional status of older adults in urban Jamaica

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 111-117

  Zohoori, Namvar ^a   Jackson, M ^a   Wilks, R ^a   Walker, S ^a   Forrester, T E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNDERWEIGHT; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; JAMAICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0041385966     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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