Serum prealbumin in institutionalized populations

Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-52

  Kaplan, Lawrence A ^a,b   Minkowitz, Gerald ^a   Rakower, Dena ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREALBUMIN;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

EID: 0032896392     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-9007(98)00129-4     Document Type: Letter

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