Factors associated with nutritional risk in 75-year-old community living people

International Journal of Older People Nursing

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-10

  Söderhamn, Ulrika ^a   Christensson, Lennart ^b   Idvall, Ewa ^c   Johansson, Annakarin ^d   Bachrach Lindström, Margareta ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^b JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Home dwelling; Nutritional screening; Older people; Perceived health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; ELDER NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84857297106     PISSN: 17483735     EISSN: 17483743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-3743.2010.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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