Malnutrition and feeding difficulty in Taiwanese older with dementia

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 15-16, 2011, Pages 2153-2161

  Chang, Chia Chi ^a   Roberts, Beverly L ^b  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Feeding difficulty; Malnutrition; Nurses; Nursing; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TAIWAN;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN;

EID: 79960367910     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03686.x     Document Type: Article

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