Serum levels assessment of vitamin A, E, C, B2 and carotenoids in malnourished and non-malnuourished hospitalized elderly patients

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 167-170

  Da Cunha, D Ferreira ^a   De Carvalho Da Cunha, S Freire ^a   Del Lama Unamuno, M Do Rosário ^a   Vannucchi, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antioxidant vitamins; Elderly; Malnutrition; Nutritional assessment

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENOID; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; SERUM ALBUMIN; WATER;

AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RIBOFLAVIN DEFICIENCY; SKINFOLD; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0035023983     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/clnu.2000.0378     Document Type: Article

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