Nutritional status assessment and predictors of community-dwelling and institutionalized elderly in northern Taiwan

Nutritional Sciences Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 147-158

  Chan, Lin Chien ^a   Kao, Senyeong ^a   Chin, Huei Min L ^a   Lee, Meei Shyuan ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Community dwelling elderly; Institutionalized elderly; Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA); Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CITY; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERVIEW; LICENSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MARRIAGE; NURSING HOME; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTION; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; RACE; SCORING SYSTEM; TAIWAN;

EID: 0036752217     PISSN: 10116958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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