Malnutrition in hospitals

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7639, 2008, Pages 290-

  Lean, Mike ^a   Wiseman, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL STANDARD; EDITORIAL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; INFECTION RISK; MALNUTRITION; MALNUTRITION UNIVERSAL SCREENING TOOL; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 39449107787     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39449.723090.80     Document Type: Editorial

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