Relationship between appetite, food intake and body composition among elderly Malays from an urban residential area in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Malaysian Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 339-348

  Mohamad, H A ^a   Suzana, Shahar ^a   Noor Ibrahim, M S ^a   Norshafarina, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Appetite; Body composition; Eating; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

EID: 79851471273     PISSN: 1394035X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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