Mini Nutritional Assessment and functional capacity in community-dwelling elderly in Rural Luozi, Democratic Republic of Congo

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-42

  Andre, Muzembo Basilua ^a   Dumavibhat, Narongpon ^a   Ngatu, N'landu Roger ^a   Eitoku, Masamitsu ^a   Hirota, Ryoji ^a   Suganuma, Narufumi ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Elderly; Fall; Instrumental activities of daily living; Luozi; Mini Nutritional Assessment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL HISTORY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; WAR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONGO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 84871983530     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2012.00852.x     Document Type: Article

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