Nutrition, health, and aging in sub-Saharan Africa

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 611-623

  Kimokoti, Ruth W ^a   Hamer, Davidson H ^a,b,c,d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; HIV AIDS; Nutrition; Pension; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; AGING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; POVERTY; REVIEW; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; UNDERWEIGHT;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; OBESITY; PENSIONS; POVERTY; THINNESS;

EID: 54949119474     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2008.00113.x     Document Type: Review

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