Nutritional screening and perceived health in a group of geriatric rehabilitation patients

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1997-2006

  Söderhamn, Ulrika ^a,b   Bachrach Lindström, Margareta ^a   Ek, Anna Christina ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Norra Älvsborgs Länssjukhus ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Nurses; Nursing; Nutritional risk; Older people; Patients; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GERIATRICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REHABILITATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GERIATRICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REHABILITATION;

EID: 35148889723     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01805.x     Document Type: Article

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