Nutrition Day: An Australian hospital's participation in international benchmarking on malnutrition

Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 134-139

  Bauer, Judith ^a,b   Bannister, Melanie ^b   Crowhurst, Robyn ^b   Denmeade, Sharyn L ^b   Horsley, Pamela ^b   McDonald, Cameron ^b   Martineau, Judy ^b   Willer, Fiona ^b   Ash, Susan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b WESLEY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Appetite; Food intake; Hospital; Malnutrition; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957604975     PISSN: 14466368     EISSN: 17470080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0080.2011.01513.x     Document Type: Article

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