Nutrition screening of older adults living in care homes

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Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Norris, Emily S A ^a   Shelton, Faye ^a   Hetherington, Marion M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Malnutrition; Nursing home; Older adults; Residential home

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MALNUTRITION UNIVERSAL SCREENING TOOL; NURSING CARE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 79957760638     PISSN: 17514991     EISSN: 17514991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eclnm.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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