'Have you had your bowl of rice?': A qualitative study of eating patterns in older Taiwanese adults

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 2-10

  Chen, Su Hui ^a   Shao, Jung hua ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Eating patterns; Interviews; Nurses; Nursing; Older Taiwanese adults; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EATING; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; TAIWAN;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EATING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TAIWAN;

EID: 83355173936     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03885.x     Document Type: Article

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