Nutritional Risk Predicts Quality of Life in Elderly Community-Living Canadians

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 68-74

  Keller, Heather H ^a   Østbye, Truls ^a   Goy, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK;

EID: 0347723708     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/59.1.m68     Document Type: Article

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