Assessment of the nutritional status of the elderly and its correlates

Journal of Family and Community Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 39-43

  Agarwalla, Rashmi ^a   Saikia, Anku Moni ^a   Baruah, Rupali ^a  

^a GAUHATI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Calorie intake; elderly; Mini nutritional assessment tool; nutritional status

Indexed keywords

EID: 85129032203     PISSN: 22308229     EISSN: 2229340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2230-8229.149588     Document Type: Article

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