Malnutrition risk and its association with appetite, functional and psychosocial status among elderly malays in an agricultural settlement

Malaysian Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-76

  Suzana, Shahar ^a   Boon, P C ^a   Chan, P P ^a   Normah, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Elderly; Functional; Malaysia; Malnutrition; Psychosocial aspects

Indexed keywords

AGED; APPETITE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; APPETITE; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84881654775     PISSN: 1394035X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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