Nutrition for the malnourished patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: More is better!

Nutrition

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 471-472

  Felbinger, Thomas W ^a   Suchner, Ulrich ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Fresenius GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BODY COMPOSITION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIETARY INTAKE; EDITORIAL; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; NUTRITION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPPLEMENTATION; UNDERWEIGHT;

EID: 0037404022     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-9007(03)00033-9     Document Type: Editorial

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