Nutrition risk screening of home-delivered meal participants: Relation of individual risk factors to functional status

Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 15-34

  Sharkey, Joseph R ^a   Haines, Pamela S ^a  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based service; Disability; Home delivered meals; Nutrition risk screening; Physical function

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144337267     PISSN: 01639366     EISSN: 15408566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J052v22n01_02     Document Type: Article

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