Changes and associations in healthy diet among the Finnish elderly, 1985-2001

Age and Ageing

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 394-400

  Sulander, Tommi ^a   Helakorpi, Satu ^a   Rahkonen, Ossi ^b   Nissinen, Aulikki ^a   Uutela, Aniti ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Elderly population; Healthy diet; Previous occupation

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; EMPLOYEE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OCCUPATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PENSIONER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; DIET; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0042173163     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/32.4.394     Document Type: Article

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