A multidimensional assessment of nutritional and health status of rural elderly Malays

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 346-353

  Shahar, Suzana ^a   Ibrahim, Zuriati ^a   Fatah, Afaf Ruhi Abdul ^a   Rahman, Suriah Abdul ^a   Yusoff, Noor Aini Mohd ^a   Arshad, Fatimah ^a   Yassin, Zaitun ^b   Adznam, Siti Nur'Asyura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Food intake; Functional status; Nutritional status; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; RURAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; THINNESS;

EID: 34248561108     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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