At which body mass index and degree of weight loss should hospitalized elderly patients be considered at nutitional risk?;Vurdering af ældre indlagte patienters ernæringsmæssige risiko - Hvilket kropsmasseindeks og grad af vœgttab bør anvendes?

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 161, Issue 47, 1999, Pages 6477-6479

  Beck, Anne Marie ^a   Ovesen, Lars F ^a  

^a Inst F   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BODY MASS; DENMARK; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; DENMARK; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0033595950     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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