The Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) is useful for assessing the risk of malnutrition in adults with intellectual disabilities

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 23-24, 2011, Pages 3295-3303

  Tsai, Alan C ^a   Hsu, Hsiu Yueh ^b   Chang, Tsui Lan ^c  

^a ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Erhlin Happy Christian Homes   (Taiwan)

^c HSIN SHENG COLLEGE OF MEDICAL CARE AND MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Intellectual disability; Mini nutritional assessment; Nurses; Nursing; Nutritional assessment; Protein energy malnutrition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN;

EID: 81155137869     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03877.x     Document Type: Article

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