Nutrition
Volume 25, Issue 5 , Pages 512-519 , May 2009

Malnutrition in Dutch health care: Prevalence, prevention, treatment, and quality indicators

  • Judith M.M. Meijers, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Care and Nursing Science, School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31-43-388-1707; fax: +31-43-388-4162
    • ,
  • Ruud J.G. Halfens, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Care and Nursing Science, School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Marian A.E. van Bokhorst-de van der Schueren, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Theo Dassen, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing Science, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
    • ,
  • Jos M.G.A. Schols, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, Maastricht University, Maastricht, and Tranzo Department, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands

Received 2 July 2008 ,Accepted 5 November 2008.

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 This work was supported by an unrestricted grant from Nutricia Netherlands.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2008.11.004

Nutrition
Volume 25, Issue 5 , Pages 512-519 , May 2009

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