Malnutrition on the menu: Nutritional status of institutionalised elderly Australians in low-level care

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 693-698

  Woods, Julie L ^a   Walker, K Z ^a,b   Iuliano Burns, S ^c   Strauss, B J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Biological markers; Body composition; Energy intake; Malnutrition

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CALCIUM; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; MAGNESIUM; PROTEIN; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 70350502591     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-009-0199-2     Document Type: Article

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