Dementia is not necessarily a cause of undernutrition

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1403-1404

  Morley, John E ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DECUBITUS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOOD INTAKE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALNUTRITION; NOTE; NURSING HOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0029952837     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb01419.x     Document Type: Editorial

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