Usefulness of the Chinese Nutrition Screening (CNS) tool in predicting 12 month mortality in elderly Hong Kong Chinese living in institutions

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 96-101

  Lok, K ^a   Woo, J ^a   Hui, E ^a   Kwok, T ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Elderly; Malnutrition; Mortality; Screening tool

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHINESE NUTRITION SCREENING TOOL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 61849134468     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-009-0014-0     Document Type: Article

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