Involuntary Weight Loss in the Long-Term Care Setting: A Suggested Nutritional Intervention Treatment Algorithm

Wounds

Volumn 13, Issue 4 SUPPL. D, 2001, Pages

  Collins, Nancy ^a  

^a Nutrition Guidance Center   (United States)

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EID: 0035638989     PISSN: 10447946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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