A simple food quality index predicts mortality in Elderly Taiwanese

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 815-821

  Lee, Meei Shyuan ^a,b   Huang, Y C ^b   Su, H H ^a   Lee, M Z ^a   Wahlqvist, Mark L ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dietary Diversity Score (DDS); elderly; food quality indices (FQI); mortality; Overall Dietary Revised (ODI R)

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; DIETARY DIVERSITY SCORE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; OVERALL DIETARY INDEX REVISED; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TAIWAN;

EID: 84856267301     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-011-0081-x     Document Type: Article

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