Prevalence of Malnutrition in General Medical Patients

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 235, Issue 15, 1976, Pages 1567-1570

  Bistrian, Bruce R ^a   Blackburn, George L ^a   Vitale, Joseph ^b   Cochran, David ^b   Naylor, Judy ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; SERUM ALBUMIN; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0017304963     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1976.03260410023017     Document Type: Article

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