Nutritional status and oxidative stress in an elderly Sardinian population

Mediterranean Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 99-107

  Mandas, Antonella ^a   Congiu, Maria Gabriella ^a   Balestrieri, Cinzia ^a   Mereu, Antonello ^a   Iorio, Eugenio Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (United States)

^b International Observatory of Oxidative Stress   (Italy)

Author keywords

D ROMs test; Elderly; Malnutrition; Mini nutritional assessment; Overweight; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013616370     PISSN: 1973798X     EISSN: 19737998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/s12349-008-0016-1     Document Type: Article

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