Meals-on-wheels applicants are a population at risk for poor nutritional status

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 570-573

  Coulston, Ann M ^a   Craig, Lisa ^b   Voss, Anne Coble ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030160624     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(96)00157-5     Document Type: Article

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