JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 9 , Pages 582-584 , November 2007

Malnutrition and Depression among Community-dwelling Elderly People

  • Marcos Aparecido Sarria Cabrera, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, State University of Londrina, Paraná State, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Marcos A. S. Cabrera, Rua Montese 65-A, Higienópolis, Londrina, Paraná State, Brazil 86015-020.
    • ,
  • Arthur Eumann Mesas, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, State University of Londrina, Paraná State, Brazil.
    • ,
  • André Ricardo Lopes Garcia, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, State University of Londrina, Paraná State, Brazil
    • ,
  • Selma Maffei de Andrade, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, State University of Londrina, Paraná State, Brazil.

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 The authors have no conflicts of interest.

 This research was supported in part by Araucária Fundation and Capes.

PII: S1525-8610(07)00347-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.07.008

JAMDA
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