Nutrition
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 59-66 , January 2005

Nutritional status and functional ability of the elderly aged 60 to 90 years in the Mpigi district of central Uganda

Received 30 June 2004 ,Accepted 25 July 2004.

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 This research was sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Mirundi John Baptist.

PII: S0899-9007(04)00221-7

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2004.09.009

Nutrition
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 59-66 , January 2005

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