Quality ratings of a hospital foodservice department by inpatients and postdischarge patients

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1303-1307

  Lau, Cindy ^a   Gregoire, Mary B ^b,c  

^a West Suburban Dialysis Center   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOOD QUALITY; HOSPITAL FOOD SERVICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 0031769614     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(98)00291-0     Document Type: Article

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