Prevalence of malnutrition in free living elderly people in Iran: A cross-sectional study;Chinese Source

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 285-289

  Aliabadi, Maliheh ^a   Kimiagar, Masood ^c   Ghayour Mobarhan, Majid ^b   Shakeri, Mohammad Taghi ^a   Nematy, Mohsen ^a   Ilaty, Ali Akbar ^a   Moosavi, Ahmad Reza ^a   Lanham New, Sue ^d  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index (BMI); Free living elderly people; Nutritional status; Socioeconomic conditions (SEC)

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 58149383108     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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