Dietary intake of elderly living in Toronto long-term care facilities: Comparison to the dietary reference intake

Rejuvenation Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 301-309

  Aghdassi, Elaheh ^a   McArthur, Margaret ^b   Liu, Barbara ^c   McGeer, Alison ^b   Simor, Andrew ^c   Allard, Johane P ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; COPPER; FAT; FOLIC ACID; NICOTINIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROTEIN; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TRACE ELEMENT;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CANADA; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CANADA; CHOLESTEROL; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 34548499629     PISSN: 15491684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/rej.2006.0530     Document Type: Article

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