Nutrition
Volume 23, Issue 4 , Pages 356-357 , April 2007

Nutrition assessment or nutrition screening—How much information is enough to make a diagnosis of malnutrition in acute care?

  • Sandra Capra, A.M., Ph.D., F.D.A.A.

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PII: S0899-9007(07)00046-9

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2007.02.008

Nutrition
Volume 23, Issue 4 , Pages 356-357 , April 2007

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