Ethnic and gender variation in the dietary intake of rural elders

Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 15-29

  Vitolins, Mara Z ^a   Quandt, Sara A ^a   Case, L Douglas ^a   Bell, Ronny A ^a   Arcury, Thomas A ^b   McDonald, Juliana ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Dietary assessment; Minority; Nutrient intake

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042837469     PISSN: 01639366     EISSN: 15408566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J052v19n03_02     Document Type: Article

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