Tube feeding in the bedridden elderly patients

Japanese Journal of Geriatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 521-523

  Kosaka, Yoichi ^a   Sato, Takuma ^a   Sasaki, Hidetada ^a   Arai, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Terminal care; Tube feeding

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; MALE; STANDARD;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 76349125817     PISSN: 03009173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3143/geriatrics.46.521     Document Type: Article

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