Maximizing outcome of dementia treatment: The role of nutrition

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages 413-417

  Steen, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dementia syndromes; Nutrition in elderly; Treatment of dementia

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WATER; BODY WEIGHT; CONFUSION; DEHYDRATION; DEMENTIA; DIARRHEA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEVER; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIFACTORIAL GENETIC DISORDER; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NURSING HOME; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHOCK; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SWEDEN; THIRST; WATER DEPRIVATION; WATER LOSS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AGED; FEMALE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; DEHYDRATION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 3042640405     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2004.04.063     Document Type: Article

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