Nutrition risk screening in community-living older people attending medical or falls prevention services

Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 84-89

  Watson, Sally ^a   Zhang, Zhongxian Katherine ^a   Wilkinson, Tim J ^b  

^a CANTERBURY DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Elderly; Nutrition risk; Nutrition screening; Older adult; Poor nutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954134439     PISSN: 14466368     EISSN: 17470080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0080.2010.01424.x     Document Type: Article

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