Association between nutritional intake and morbidity after four years in a French elderly population

Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 19-30

  Nicolas, Anne Sophie ^a,b   Faisant, Catherine ^a   Nourhashemi, Fati ^a   Lanzmann Petithory, Dominique ^b   Vellas, Bruno ^a  

^a Serv Univ Psychiat l'Enfant l'A   (France)

^b Groupe Danone   (France)

Author keywords

Elderly; Longitudinal; Morbidity; Mortality; Nutritional intake

Indexed keywords

EID: 6744271198     PISSN: 01639366     EISSN: 15408566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J052v19n04_02     Document Type: Article

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