Mental impairment as a risk indicator for underweight and aggravated rehabilitation after hip fracture in elderly women

Journal of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-61

  Bachrach Lindstrom M ^a   Unosson, M ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Elderly women; Functional capacity; Hip fracture; Mental impairment; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTINENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCLE MASS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WELLBEING;

EID: 0033067472     PISSN: 13590847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13590849961843     Document Type: Article

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