Nutrition in the elderly: Nutritional aspects of chronic diseases

Geriatrics

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 21-25

  Baker, Herman ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Diet; Malnutrition; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; PYRIDOXINE; VITAMIN D;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANEMIA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCIUM INTAKE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COGNITION; COLON CANCER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIVERTICULITIS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; FRUIT; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GINGIVA DISEASE; HEART DISEASE; HIGH FIBER DIET; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LARYNX CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MORTALITY; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH DISEASE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PELLAGRA; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTOCLASIA; REVIEW; SCURVY; STOMACH CANCER; TASTE ACUITY; TONGUE DISEASE; VEGETABLE;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIET; HUMANS; NUTRITION THERAPY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 34548762507     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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