Nutritional screening in community-dwelling older adults: A systematic literature review

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 440-449

  Phillips, Megan B ^a   Foley, Amanda L ^a   Barnard, Robert ^a   Isenring, Elisabeth A ^a   Miller, Michelle D ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Malnutrition; Reliability; Screening tools; Under nutrition; Validity

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MEDLINE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

AGED; AGING; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; MEDLINE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PUBMED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 78649731119     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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