Unidentified under-nutrition: Dietary intake and anthropometric indices in a residential care home population

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 343-347

  Leslie, W S ^a   Lean, M E J ^a   Woodward, M ^b   Wallace, F A ^c   Hankey, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Nutritional status; Older; Residential care

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; FOLIC ACID; IRON; POTASSIUM; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CATERING SERVICE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RESIDENTIAL HOME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET; DIET RECORDS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33748547202     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: 1365277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-277X.2006.00719.x     Document Type: Article

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