Diet and health outcomes in vulnerable populations

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1136, Issue , 2008, Pages 210-217

  Sharkey, Joseph R ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary intake; Disability; Food sufficiency; Homebound older adults; Poverty

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

CALORIC INTAKE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GAIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; POVERTY; PROTEIN INTAKE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

EID: 45749112140     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1425.020     Document Type: Review

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