Fruit and vegetable consumption in an elderly population

Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 59-67

  McBee, Sheldon ^a   Cotugna, Nancy ^a   Vickery, Connie E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

5 A Day; Congregate meal programs

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843137074     PISSN: 01639366     EISSN: 15408566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J052v21n01_04     Document Type: Article

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