Nutrition screening practices in Australian healthcare facilities: A decade later

Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 213-218

  Ferguson, Maree ^a   Banks, Merrilyn ^b   Bauer, Judy ^c   Isenring, Elisabeth ^d   Vivanti, Angela ^a   Capra, Sandra ^d  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c WESLEY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hospital; Malnutrition; Nutrition assessment; Nutrition screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649744886     PISSN: 14466368     EISSN: 17470080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0080.2010.01465.x     Document Type: Article

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