Evaluation of the efficacy of nutritional screening tools to predict malnutrition in the elderly at a geriatric care hospital

Nutrition Research and Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 637-643

  Baek, Myoung Ha ^a   Heo, Young Ran ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Efficacy; Elderly; Malnutrition; Nutritional screening; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949189615     PISSN: 19761457     EISSN: 20056168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4162/nrp.2015.9.6.637     Document Type: Article

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