Household factors associated with older Australian's purchasing a varied diet: Results from household expenditure data

Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-35

  Temple, Jeromey B ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Dietary guidelines; Food diversity; Household expenditure

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644814817     PISSN: 14466368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0080.2006.00035.x     Document Type: Article

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