Comprehensive assessment of malnutrition risk and related factors in a large group of community-dwelling older adults

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 507-511

  Ülger, Zekeriya ^a   Halil, Meltem ^a   Kalan, Işilay ^a   Yavuz, Burcu Balam ^a   Cankurtaran, Mustafa ^a   Güngör, Evrim ^a   Arioĝul, Servet ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Geriatric assessment; Malnutrition risk; Older adults

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; GLUCOSE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DIET RESTRICTION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEMUR; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; BONE DENSITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 77955305263     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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