Food intake and nutritional status of hospitalised older people

International Journal of Older People Nursing

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 196-200

  De Oliveira, Maria Rita Marques ^a   Leandro Merhi, Vânia Aparecida ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Food intake; Nutritional status; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CALORIC INTAKE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80052955524     PISSN: 17483735     EISSN: 17483743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-3743.2010.00227.x     Document Type: Article

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