Pre-operative nutritional assessment in the elderly

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 49-59

  Corish, C A ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Aging; Elderly; Nutrition; Nutritional assessment; Nutritional screening; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; BODY COMPOSITION; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035091126     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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