A quality improvement nutrition screening and intervention program available to Home and Community Care eligible clients

Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 162-167

  Leggo, Marion ^a,e   Banks, Merrilyn ^b   Isenring, Elisabeth ^c   Stewart, Lynette ^d   Tweeddale, Margaret ^a  

^a MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d Bankstown Health Service   (Australia)

^e DAART   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community nutrition; Dietetic practice; Malnutrition; Nutrition education; Nutritional status; Subjective global assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 43449128122     PISSN: 14466368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0080.2008.00239.x     Document Type: Article

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