The nutritional, glutathione and oxidant status of elderly subjects admitted to a university hospital

Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-63

  Alhamdan, Adel A ^a   Alsaif, Abdulaziz A ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

glutathione; nutritional status; Old subjects; thiobarbituric acid reactive substances

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; SERUM ALBUMIN; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SAUDI ARABIA; SERUM ALBUMIN; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

EID: 78651332404     PISSN: 13193767     EISSN: 19984049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1319-3767.74474     Document Type: Article

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