Measurement of perceived health problems as a means of detecting elderly people at risk of malnutrition

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 257-262

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

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Elderly; Health problems; Municipal care; NHP; Nutrition; Residents; Risk of malnutrition

Indexed keywords

PLASMA PROTEIN;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; ENERGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NOTTINGHAM HEALTH PROFILE; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PAIN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP;

EID: 0037787899     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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