The mini nutritional assessment as an assessment tool in elders in long-term care

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 463-470

  Hudgens, Jan ^a   Langkamp Henken, Bobbi ^b,c  

^a Lake City Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DETERMINE YOUR HEALTH CHECKLIST; DIET; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; MALNUTRITION; MINI NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SCREENING; SELF EVALUATION; SUBJECTIVE GLOBAL ASSESSMENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 4644220420     PISSN: 08845336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0115426504019005463     Document Type: Review

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