The effects of nutrition-related factors on four-year mortality among a biracial sample of community-dwelling elders in the North Carolina Piedmont

Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 41-67

  Hays, Judith C ^a,d   Keller, Heather H ^b   Østbye, Truls ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Diet quality; Elders; Food related activities of daily living; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIET; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIET; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NORTH CAROLINA; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 33845899125     PISSN: 01639366     EISSN: 15408566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J052v25n02_04     Document Type: Article

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