Markers of the nutritional status in acutely Ill elderly patients

Gerontology

Volumn 34, Issue 5-6, 1988, Pages 304-310

  Finucane, P ^a   Rudra, T ^a   Hsu, R ^a   Tomlinson, K ^a   Hutton, R D ^a   Pathy, M S J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Laboratory markers; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; SERUM ALBUMIN; TRANSFERRIN; ZINC;

AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SERUM ALBUMIN; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WALES;

EID: 0024216010     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000212971     Document Type: Article

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