Reduced nutritional status in an elderly population (> 70 y) is probable before disease and possibly contributes to the development of disease

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 317-324

  Mowé, Morten ^a,b   Bøhmer, Thomas ^a   Kindt, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN;

AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANTHROPOMETRY; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 0028006542     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/59.2.317     Document Type: Article

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