Validity of the Minimum Data Set for assessing nutritional status in nursing home residents

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 787-794

  Blaum, Caroline S ^a   O'Neill, Evelyn F ^a   Clements, Karen M ^a   Fries, Brant E ^a   Fiatarone, Maria A ^a  

^a 300 North Ingalls Building ^*

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Bioelectrical impedance analysis; Elderly; Long term care; Minumum Data Set; Nursing home residents; Nutritional status; Overnutrition; Resident Assessment Instrument; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUNGER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NURSING HOME; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OVERNUTRITION;

EID: 0030851701     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/66.4.787     Document Type: Article

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