Reduced appetite. A predictor for undernutrition in aged people

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 81-83

  Mowe M ^a   Bohmer T ^a  

^a AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aged patients; Appetite; Evidence based medicine; Nutritional parameters; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ASCORBIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MINERAL; PHOSPHATE; VITAMIN; ZINC;

AGED; AGING; ANOREXIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; CALORIC INTAKE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036433631     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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