Good nutritional oral intake is associated with equal survival in demented and nondemented very old patients

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1366-1370

  Franzoni, Simone ^a,c   Frisoni, Giovanni B ^b,c   Boffelli, Stefano ^a,c   Rozzini, Renzo ^a,c   Trabucchi, Marco ^c  

^a P Richiedei Hospital   (Italy)

^b Unit of Gastroenterology and Laboratory Medicine Fatebenefratelli Hospital   (Italy)

^c GERIATRIC RESEARCH GROUP   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NURSING HOME; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SURVIVAL; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

EID: 0029959301     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb01409.x     Document Type: Article

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