Investigation and management of unintentional weight loss in older adults

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7800, 2011, Pages 754-759

  McMinn, Jenna ^a   Steel, Claire ^b   Bowman, Adam ^c  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MONKLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNINTENTIONAL WEIGHT REDUCTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 79953288511     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d1732     Document Type: Review

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