Specificity of indexes of malnutrition when applied to apparently healthy people: The effect of age

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1721-1725

  Naber, Ton H J ^a   De Bree, Angelika ^b   Schermer, Tjard R J ^b   Bakkeren, Jan ^b   Bär, Brigit ^b   De Wild, Gerard ^b   Katan, Martijn B ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Biochemistry; Elderly; Humans; Maastricht Index; Nutrition Index; Nutritional indexes; Nutritional Risk Index; Nutritional status; Prealbumin; Protein energy malnutrition; Transthyretin; Validation

Indexed keywords

PREALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION;

EID: 0030950779     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/65.6.1721     Document Type: Article

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