Malnutrition according to the mini nutritional assessment in older adults in different settings

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 765-766

  Soini, Helena ^a   Suominen, Merja H ^b   Muurinen, Seija ^c   Strandberg, Timo E ^d   Pitkälä, Kaisu H ^b,e  

^a Health Centre   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^e HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MINI NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOME; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79954602232     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03339.x     Document Type: Letter

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