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Authors
- Camila Ferri Burgel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0706-2725)
- Flávia Moraes Silva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0730-5424)
- Bruna Zardo Oliveira de Carvalho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4613-3507)
- Bárbara Meichtry Milesi
Institutions
- Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Published
- 2024-10-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajcnut.2024.10.010
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.98
Funders
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico