Refusal to eat in the elderly

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 163-171

  Marcus, Esther Lee ^a   Berry, Elliot M ^b  

^a HERZOG HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANOREXIA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ATTITUDE; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MENTAL DISEASE; NURSING HOME; PARANOIA; PARKINSON DISEASE; REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0031871021     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1998.tb06130.x     Document Type: Review

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