Validation of nutritional screening tools against anthropometric and functional assessments among elderly people in Selangor

Malaysian Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-44

  Suzana, Shahar ^a   Siti Saifa, Hussain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

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