Nutritional status and cognitive function in community-living rural bangladeshi older adults: Data from the poverty and health in ageing project

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 919-924

  Ferdous, Tamanna ^a   Cederholm, Tommy ^a   Kabir, Zarina Nahar ^b   Hamadani, Jena Derakhshani ^c   Wahlin, Åke ^d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Cognitive function; Nutritional status; Older persons

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; COGNITION; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; HEALTH STATUS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; BANGLADESH; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 77952143139     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02801.x     Document Type: Article

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