Oral health and nutritional status in a group of geriatric rehabilitation patients

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 311-318

  Andersson, Pia ^a   Westergren, Albert ^b,c   Karlsson, Siv ^c   Hallberg, Ingalill Rahm ^b   Renvert, Stefan ^a  

^a KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Geriatric rehabilitation patients; Nutritional status; Oral assessment guide; Oral health status; Undernourishment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NURSE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REHABILITATION; RISK FACTOR; SWALLOWING;

AGED; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORAL HEALTH; REHABILITATION NURSING; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036038139     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-6712.2002.00086.x     Document Type: Article

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