Malnutrition in elderly people

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 68-74

  Whitehead, C ^a   Finucane, P ^a  

^a REPATRIATION GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; APPETITE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030890104     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1997.tb00917.x     Document Type: Review

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