Malnutrition prevalence and precision in nutritional care: An intervention study in one teaching hospital in Iceland

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 13-14, 2010, Pages 1830-1837

  Westergren, Albert ^a   Torfadóttir, Ólina ^b   Ulander, Kerstin ^a   Axelsson, Carolina ^a   Lindholm, Christina ^a  

^a KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Akureyri Hospital   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Iceland; MEOF II; Nurses; Nursing; Overweight; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; ICELAND; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77955932506     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.03179.x     Document Type: Article

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