Prevalence of undernutrition in a long-term care facility in Qatar

Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 313-322

  Hassan, Abdelmonem ^a   Ramadan, Morwan ^b   Abdel Rahman, Mohamed Osman ^b   Kerkadi, Abdelhamid ^c  

^a Qatar University   (Qatar)

^b HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^c QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Long term care; Older adults; Qatar; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QATAR; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; QATAR; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 77951662996     PISSN: 01639366     EISSN: 15408566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01639360903140353     Document Type: Article

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