Managing undernutrition in the elderly: Prevention is better than cure

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 695-699

  Flanagan, Damian ^a   Fisher, Therese ^b   Murray, Michael ^c,d   Visvanathan, Renuka ^e   Charlton, Karen ^f   Thesing, Cathy ^g   Quigley, Gerald ^h   Walther, Kerstin ⁱ  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b The Royal Australian Air Force Association   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^g Melbourne Dietetic Centre   (Australia)

^h Central Sydney GP Network ^*

ⁱ Central Sydney GP Network   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Diet; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SARCOPENIA; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84867673221     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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