Nutritional issues in nursing home care

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 11, 1995, Pages 850-859

  Morley, John E ^a,b,c   Silver, Andrew Jay ^a,d  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Division of Geriatric Medicine   (United States)

^c Wright Building ^*  (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLONIDINE; DIGITALIS; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUOXETINE; LEVOTHYROXINE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SERTRALINE; THEOPHYLLINE;

ANOREXIA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLUID INTAKE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0028882171     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-123-11-199512010-00008     Document Type: Review

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