Eating your way to a successful old age, with special reference to older women

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 216-225

  Wahlqvist, Mark L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dietary recommendations; Dietary supplements; Food variety; Older women; Physical activity; Successful ageing

Indexed keywords

EID: 22844454981     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-6047.1999.00116.x     Document Type: Article

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