Nutritional assessment: Its role in the provision of nutritional support

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1083-1088

  Marshall, W J ^a  

^a London Clinic Cancer Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE; MINERAL; NITROGEN; PREALBUMIN; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN; VITAMIN;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; CALORIMETRY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYDRODENSITOMETRY; LABORATORY TEST; MALNUTRITION; NITROGEN URINE LEVEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOTAL BODY WATER;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY COMPOSITION; CREATININE; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PREALBUMIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 53649083177     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2007.051813     Document Type: Review

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