Dehydration: Hazards and benefits

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 84-88

  Bennett, Jill A ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; DEHYDRATION; EUPHORIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING; NURSING HOME; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; THIRST;

AGED; DEHYDRATION; EUPHORIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; TERMINAL CARE; THIRST;

EID: 0034160819     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mgn.2000.107135     Document Type: Article

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