Muscle mass, survival, and the elderly ICU patient

Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 456-458

  Griffiths, Richard D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b WHISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE;

ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALNUTRITION; MUSCLE MASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0030174928     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-9007(96)00141-4     Document Type: Article

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