Geriatric low cholesterol diets-should there even be such a thing?

Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 55-61

  Matthews, Lorraine E ^a  

^a Department of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Elderly; Liberalized geriatric diet; Malnutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 15944391665     PISSN: 01639366     EISSN: 15408566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J052v18n04_04     Document Type: Article

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