Assessment of nutrition and life quality scores of individuals aged 65 and over from different socio-economic levels in Turkey

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 241-252

  Akbulut, Gamze Çitak ^a   Ersoy, Gülgün ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Body mass index (BMI, kg m2) in elderly; Nutrition; Physical activity; Socio economic status (SES); The quality of life (QoL)

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CEREAL; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; MILK; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CLASS; VEGETABLE;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CLASS; TURKEY;

EID: 47549083857     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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