Malnutrition and bad outcomes

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 956-957

  Covinsky, Kenneth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; AGED; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT;

AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036460745     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2002.21011.x     Document Type: Editorial

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