The value of the Australian nutrition screening initiative for older Australians - Results from a national survey

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-25

  Brownie, Sonya ^a,b   Myers, S P ^a,b   Stevens, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; IRON; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PHOSPHORUS; RETINOL; THIAMINE; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG USE; EATING HABIT; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33947281536     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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