Dietitians’ changes following continuing education on nutrition management of hospitalized elderly

Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-47

  Buchowski, Maciej S ^a   Butts, Natasha L ^b   Pichert, James W ^c  

^a MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuing education; Dietitians; Geriatrics; Hospitalized elderly; Long term care; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007533832     PISSN: 01639366     EISSN: 15408566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J052v22n01_03     Document Type: Article

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