Scurvy in hospitalized elderly patients

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 407-410

  Raynaud Simon, A ^a   Cohen Bittan, J ^b,c   Gouronnec, A ^c,d   Pautas, E ^c,d   Senet, P ^c,d,e   Verny, M ^b,c   Boddaert, Jacques ^b,c  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d HÔPITAL CHARLES FOIX   (France)

^e ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Malnutrition; Older adults; Scurvy

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; IRON; PREALBUMIN; SERUM ALBUMIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGED; AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCURVY; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; MASS SCREENING; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SCURVY;

EID: 77954639463     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-010-0032-y     Document Type: Article

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