Clinical pictures of malnutrition in illl elderly subjects

Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 496-498

  Seiler, Walter O ^a,b  

^a Geriatrische Universitatsklinik   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acutely ill; Chronically ill; Hypoalbuminemia; Ill elderly; Malnutrition; Vitamin B; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CHOLINESTERASE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; IRON; PREALBUMIN; PROTEIN; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; THIAMINE; TRANSFERRIN; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

AGED; BODY MASS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMICS; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0034984714     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-9007(01)00558-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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