The dwindles: Failure to thrive in older patients

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 54, Issue 1 II, 1996, Pages

  Egbert, Anne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DIETARY INTAKE; FAILURE TO THRIVE; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; SENESCENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0029874929     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1996.tb03783.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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