Dietary intake assessed by the Nutrition Screening Initiative Level II Screen is a sensitive but not a specific indicator of nutrition risk in older adults

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 842-844

  Mitchell, Diane C ^a   Smiciklas Wright, Helen ^a   Friedmann, Janet M ^b   Jensen, Gordon ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Vanderbilt Center for Human Nutrition   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FRUIT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELEPHONE; VEGETABLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CLASSIFICATION; EATING; FOOD; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

AGED; BREAD; DAIRY PRODUCTS; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0036593246     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(02)90188-4     Document Type: Article

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