Association between serum copper, zinc and hospital admissions among care home residents

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Peng, Li Ning ^a,c   Liang, Chih Kuang ^a,b,c   Chou, Ming Yueh ^a,b,c   Lin, Ming Hsien ^a,c   Lai, Hsiu Yun ^a,c   Hwang, Shinn Jang ^a,c   Chen, Liang Kung ^a,c  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Long term care; Malnutrition; Nutrition; Serum copper; Serum zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER ION; ZINC ION;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; COPPER; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT ADMISSION; ZINC;

EID: 77953291479     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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