Screening for undernutrition in the community

Journal of Community Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Wright, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nutritional status screening tools undernutrition clinical outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 52449100659     PISSN: 02634465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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