Community-living elder's views on normal and low weight

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-48

  Thompson Martin, Carolyn ^a,b,c   Kayser Jones, J ^a   Stotts, N A ^a   Sivarajan Froelicher, E ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Elders; Low weight

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 38849146419     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02982163     Document Type: Article

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