Nutritional supplementation in the elderly improving the efficacy of nutritional supplementation in the hospitalised elderly

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 119-124

  Jukkola, Katja ^a   MacLennan, Penny ^a  

^a Department of Geriatric Medicine   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elderly; Malnutrition; Nutrition as medication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869073153     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2005.00082.x     Document Type: Article

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