Food-related concerns of older adults with macular degeneration

Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 23-37

  Crews, Georgia W ^a   Holcomb, Carol Ann ^b  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Food related con cerns; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248997555     PISSN: 01639366     EISSN: 15408566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J052v21n01_02     Document Type: Article

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