'We are all time poor': Is routine nutrition screening of older patients feasible?

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 321-326

  Hamirudin, Aliza Haslinda ^a   Charlton, Karen ^a   Walton, Karen ^a   Bonney, Andrew ^a   Albert, George ^a   Hodgkins, Adam ^a   Potter, Jan ^a,b   Milosavljevic, Marianna ^c   Dalley, Andrew ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District   (Australia)

^c Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District   (Australia)

^d Illawarra Division of General Practice   (Australia)

Author keywords

General practice; Nutrition assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84878361542     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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