Food intakes and habits of rural elderly Malays

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 122-129

  Shahar, Suzana ^a   Earland, Jane ^b   Rahman, Suriah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dietary habits; Elderly; Food intakes

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044518069     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-6047.2000.00147.x     Document Type: Article

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