Socio-economic status, place of residence and dietary habits among the elderly: The Mediterranean islands study

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1614-1621

  Katsarou, Alexia ^a   Tyrovolas, Stefanos ^a   Psaltopoulou, Theodora ^b   Zeimbekis, Akis ^c   Tsakountakis, Nikos ^d   Bountziouka, Vassiliki ^a   Gotsis, Efthimios ^a   Metallinos, George ^a   Polychronopoulos, Evangelos ^a   Lionis, Christos ^d   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes ^a  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c General Hospital of Mytilini   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Education; Elderly; Financial status; Mediterranean diet; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INCOME; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN ISLANDS; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 77957239497     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980010000479     Document Type: Article

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