Evaluation of nutritional assessment techniques in elderly people newly admitted to municipal care

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 810-818

  Christensson, L ^a   Unosson, M ^a   Ek, A C ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

MNA; Municipal care; Nutritional assessment; SGA

Indexed keywords

PLASMA PROTEIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; PATIENT SELECTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SWEDEN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0036740746     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601394     Document Type: Article

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