Problems of nutritional assessment in the community

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-51

  Edington, Jacqueline ^a  

^a ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Malnutrition; Nutritional screening tools; Nutritional status assessment

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CASE FINDING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MASS SCREENING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; VALIDATION PROCESS;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032906365     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PNS19990007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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