Nutritional status and its relationship to quality of life in a sample of chronic hemodialysis patients

Journal of Renal Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 139-147

  Laws, R A ^a   Tapsell, L C ^a   Kelly, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RENAL DIALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0034221851     PISSN: 10512276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jren.2000.7412     Document Type: Article

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