Assessment of Nutritional Risk in Community-Dwelling Older Adults (65 to 75 Years) in Kolkata, India

Journal of Nutrition in Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 126-134

  Majumder, Mondrita ^a   Saha, Indranil ^b   Chaudhuri, Debnath ^c  

^a Zoom Health Care   (India)

^b IQ City Medical College   (India)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

community dwelling older adults; India; Kolkata; Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA); risk of malnutrition; under nutrition

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; AGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; AGING; APPETITE REGULATION; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84900819183     PISSN: 21551197     EISSN: 21551200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21551197.2014.908596     Document Type: Article

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