Nutritional status of patients with alzheimer's disease: A 1-year study

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1013-1018

  Spindler, Audrey A ^a   Renvall, Marian J ^b   Nichols, Jeanne F ^a   Ramsdell, Joe W ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

EID: 0030408690     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(96)00270-2     Document Type: Article

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