Nutritional assessment: A primary component of multidimensional geriatric assessment in the acute care setting

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 166-174

  Incalzi, Raffaele Antonelli ^a   Landi, Francesco ^a   Cipriani, Luca ^a   Bruno, Elvira ^b   Pagano, Francesco ^a   Gemma, Antonella ^b   Capparella, Oliviero ^b   Carbonin, Pierugo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b San Raffaele   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 0030058840     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb02434.x     Document Type: Article

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