Under-nutrition in old age: Diagnosis and management

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-34

  Watson, L ^a   Leslie, W ^a   Hankey, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; IRON; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

AGING; BODY MASS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FALL RISK; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SCREENING; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; WEIGHT REDUCTION; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 33847348041     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: 14699036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095925980600195X     Document Type: Review

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