Nutritional risk amongst community-living Maori and non-Maori older people in Hawke's Bay

Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 299-305

  McElnay, Caroline ^a   Marshall, Bob ^b   O'Sullivan, Jessica ^a   Jones, Lisa ^a   Ashworth, Tracy ^a   Hicks, Karen ^a   Forrest, Rachel H ^b  

^a Hawke's Bay District Health Board   (New Zealand)

^b EASTERN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Maori; Nutritional status; Older people

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870907702     PISSN: 11726164     EISSN: 11726156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/hc12299     Document Type: Article

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