Undernutrition and housebound older people

Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 238-242

  Visvanathan, Renuka ^a,b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nutrition; Older people; Sarcopenia; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 72449152846     PISSN: 14466368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0080.2009.01377.x     Document Type: Article

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