Indicators of nutritional screening in hospital records of newly diagnosed Hispanic and Asian-American adult cancer patients in Connecticut

Nutrition

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1053-1056

  Polednak, Anthony P ^a  

^a CDC   (United States)

Author keywords

Albumin; Cancer; Hospitalized medical patients; Nutritional assessment; Prealbumin; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL RECORD; NEOPLASM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREALBUMIN; SERUM ALBUMIN; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50549093664     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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