Important nutrition education issues and recommendations related to a review of the literature on older adults

Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 65-78

  Higgins, Mary Meck ^a   Barkley, Mary Clarke ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic groups; Literature review; Nutrition education; Older adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348100181     PISSN: 01639366     EISSN: 15408566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J052v22n03_06     Document Type: Article

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