Nutrition assessment is a key component of geriatric assessment

Facts, Research and Intervention in Geriatrics

Volumn , Issue SUPPL., 1997, Pages 5-10

  Morley, John E ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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