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Nutrition in the nursing home | Author(s) | Adil Abbasi |
Journal title | In: Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics, vol 15, 1995, 1996 |
Publisher | Springer Publishing Co., New York, NY, 1996 |
Pages | pp 54-66 |
Source | Springer Publishing Company, Inc., 536 Broadway, New York, NY 10012-3955, USA. |
Keywords | Nutrition ; Malnutrition ; Nursing homes ; Research Reviews ; United States of America. |
Annotation | Undernutrition is a common but infrequently diagnosed disease in nursing home patients, and is associated with adverse clinical outcomes and poor quality of life. This chapter summarises research on the avoidable causes and consequences of undernutrition in nursing homes, on which more research is needed. (RH). |
Accession Number | CPA-980310202 A |
Classmark | CF: CSM: LHB: 3A:6KC: 7T |
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