Nutrition assessment in long-term care

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 383-387

  Thomas, David R ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Malnutrition; Nutrition assessment; Nutrition status

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALNUTRITION; METHODOLOGY; MINI NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SCREENING INITIATIVE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MASS SCREENING;

HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALNUTRITION; MASS SCREENING; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 58149340105     PISSN: 08845336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0884533608321129     Document Type: Review

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