Evaluation of nutritional status of recently hospitalized patients

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 212-216

  Khattak, Muhammad Muzaffar Ali Khan ^a   Khan, Alam ^a   Begum, Shagufta ^a   Abid, Javeria ^a   Qadir, Syed Saeed ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Hospitalized patients; Malnutrition; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849136922     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2002.212.216     Document Type: Article

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