Use of dietary diversity score as a proxy indicator of nutrient adequacy of rural elderly people in Sri Lanka

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Rathnayake, Kumari Malkanthi ^a   Madushani, Pae ^a   Silva, Kdrr ^a  

^a WAYAMBA UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Dietary diversity indicators; Elderly; Nutrient adequacy; Validation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSIOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SRI LANKA; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RURAL POPULATION; SRI LANKA;

EID: 84867578316     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-469     Document Type: Article

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