The nutritional status of elderly bed-ridden patients receiving tube feeding

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 236-241

  Okada, K ^a   Yamagami, H ^a   Sawada, S ^a   Nakanishi, M ^a   Tamaki, M ^a   Ohnaka, M ^a   Sakamoto, S ^a   Niwa, Y ^a   Nakaya, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bed ridden; Elderly; Malnutrition; Nutritional status; Tube feeding

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROTEIN MALNUTRITION; TUBE FEEDING;

EID: 0034877110     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.47.236     Document Type: Article

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