High-calorie supplements for treatment of anorexia or cachexia in older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1041-1042

  Canêdo, Ana Cristina ^a   Garcia Moreira, Virgilio ^a   Marina Moraes Brasil, Joice ^a   Dos Santos Sanchez, Maria Angélica ^a   Alves Lourenço, Roberto ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA; APPETITE; CACHEXIA; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEEDING; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION; LETTER; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RISK FACTOR; SARCOPENIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN RELATION; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84929650612     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13412     Document Type: Letter

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