How important is malnutrition? A prospective study in internal medicine

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 430-436

  Venzin, R M ^a   Kamber, N ^a   Keller, W C F ^a   Suter, P M ^b   Reinhart, W H ^a  

^a KANTONSSPITAL GRAUBÜNDEN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; HEMOGLOBIN; PREALBUMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; UNDERWEIGHT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBUMINS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWITZERLAND; THINNESS; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 62549090241     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602948     Document Type: Article

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