Nutrient content of served food, nutrient intake and nutritional status of residents with dementia in a finnish nursing home

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 234-238

  Suominen, Merja ^a   Laine, Anu ^b   Routasalo, Pirkko ^a   Pitkala, Kaisu H ^c   Räsänen, Leena ^b  

^a Vanhustyon keskusliitto   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Energy intake; Food; Malnutrition; MNA, dementia; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CALCIUM; FOLIC ACID; MAGNESIUM; MINERAL; PROTEIN; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MINERAL INTAKE; NURSING HOME; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 3843079488     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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