Part II. Common nutritional issues in older adults

Disease-a-Month

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 713-724

  Ritchie, Christine S ^a   McClave, Stephen A ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; APPETITE STIMULANT; CALCIUM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DIGOXIN; FLUOXETINE; FOLIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; THEOPHYLLINE; VITAMIN B GROUP; VITAMIN D;

ANAMNESIS; APPETITE; APPETITE DISORDER; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PROTEIN INTAKE; REVIEW;

EID: 0036866945     PISSN: 00115029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mda.2002.130134     Document Type: Review

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