Malnutrition in the UK: Policies to address the problem

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 470-476

  Elia, M ^a   Russell, C A ^b   Stratton, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care home; Community; Hospital; Malnutrition; Mortality; MUST policy

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; AWARENESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED KINGDOM;

GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH FACILITIES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION POLICY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 79951948715     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: 14752719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0029665110001746     Document Type: Conference Paper

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