Risk for low weight in community-dwelling, older adults

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 203-213

  Martin, Carolyn T ^a   Kayser Jones, Jeanie ^b   Stotts, Nancy A ^b   Porter, Carol ^c   Froelicher, Erika Sivarajan ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Nutrition and Food Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Gerontology; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAN FRANCISCO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS;

EID: 34447300223     PISSN: 08876274     EISSN: 15389782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NUR.0000280489.72001.d3     Document Type: Article

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