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spellingShingle Rathnayake, Kumari M, Wimalathunga, MPPM, Weech, Michelle, Jackson, Kim G, Lovegrove, Julie A, Public Health Nutrition, High prevalence of undernutrition and low dietary diversity in institutionalised elderly living in Sri Lanka, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Nutrition and Dietetics, Medicine (miscellaneous)
title High prevalence of undernutrition and low dietary diversity in institutionalised elderly living in Sri Lanka
title_full High prevalence of undernutrition and low dietary diversity in institutionalised elderly living in Sri Lanka
title_fullStr High prevalence of undernutrition and low dietary diversity in institutionalised elderly living in Sri Lanka
title_full_unstemmed High prevalence of undernutrition and low dietary diversity in institutionalised elderly living in Sri Lanka
title_short High prevalence of undernutrition and low dietary diversity in institutionalised elderly living in Sri Lanka
title_sort high prevalence of undernutrition and low dietary diversity in institutionalised elderly living in sri lanka
title_unstemmed High prevalence of undernutrition and low dietary diversity in institutionalised elderly living in Sri Lanka
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url http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1368980015000749