Using the FoodEx-LTC to assess institutional food service practices through nursing home residents' perspectives on nutrition care

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 125-128

  Evans, Bronwynne C ^a,c   Crogan, Neva L ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CATERING SERVICE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COOKED FOOD; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; MONITORING; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING HOME; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION;

EID: 14644414200     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/60.1.125     Document Type: Article

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