Nutritional Assessment: A Comparison of Clinical Judgment and Objective Measurements

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 306, Issue 16, 1982, Pages 969-972

  Baker, Jeffrey P ^a   Detsky, Allan S ^a   Wesson, David E ^a   Wolman, Stephen L ^a   Stewart, Sandra ^a   Whitewell, Jocelyn ^a   Langer, Bernard ^a   Jeejeebhoy, Khursheed N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARASMUS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD; TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; METHODS; MIDDLE AGE; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0020488753     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198204223061606     Document Type: Article

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