Mini-nutritional assessment score and the risk for undernutrition in free-living older persons

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 531-534

  Delacorte, R R ^a   Moriguti, J C ^a   Matos, F D ^a   Pfrimer, K ^a   Marchini, J S ^a   Ferriolli, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Elderly; Mini Nutritional Assessment; Nutritional epidemiology; Nutritional risk; Obesity; Undernourishment

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 8344228447     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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