Nursing staffing and resident outcomes in nursing homes: Weight loss and dehydration

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-65

  Dyck, Mary J ^a,b  

^a The John A Hartford Foundation   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dehydration; Nursing homes; Outcomes; Staffing; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845357390     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001786-200701000-00012     Document Type: Article

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