Nutritional intervention in special care units for dementia [1]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1216-1217

  Boffelli, Stefano ^a,b   Rozzini, Renzo ^a,b   Trabucchi, Marco ^b  

^a Poliambulanza Hospital   (Italy)

^b GERIATRIC RESEARCH GROUP   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LETTER; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY WEIGHT; COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; DEMENTIA; DIETARY SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 3042757980     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52327_1.x     Document Type: Letter

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