Health and nutritional status of elderly in Turkey and other Eastern European countries;Türkiye ve diǧer doǧu avrupa ülke yaşlılarının saǧlık ve beslenme durumları

Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 674-683

  Aksoydan, Emine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aging; Chronic disease; Nutritional status; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CALCIUM; FOLIC ACID; SODIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; DIETARY FIBER; ELDERLY CARE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SALT INTAKE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLOVAKIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNDERWEIGHT;

EID: 77952823099     PISSN: 13000292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5336/medsci.2008-9368     Document Type: Article

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