Nutritional status in elderly people admitted to community residential homes: Comparisons between two cohorts

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 232-238

  Wikby, Kerstin ^a,b,c   Ek, A C ^a   Christensson, L ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c University College of Health Sciences   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Comparison; Elderly people; Entering community care; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; PREALBUMIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL STRESS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SWEDEN;

EID: 33646682171     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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