Evaluation of nutritional status in older persons: Nutritional screening and assessment

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 8-13

  Bauer, Juergen M ^a   Kaiser, Matthias J ^a   Sieber, Cornel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elderly; Malnutrition; Nutritional assessment; Nutritional screening; Screening tools

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIET; DRUG USE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MINI NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SCREENING; SCREENING TEST; STANDARD;

AGED; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; MASS SCREENING; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 73849096065     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 14736519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0b013e32833320e3     Document Type: Review

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