Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 53-60 , January 2010

Nutritional counseling improves quality of life and nutrient intake in hospitalized undernourished patients

Received 22 August 2008 ,Accepted 17 April 2009.

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 This work was funded mainly by the Independent Research Fund of the Department of Internal Medicine of Kantonsspital Winterthur. Additional support was provided by the Federation of the Swiss Medical Nutrition Industry.

PII: S0899-9007(09)00201-9

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.04.018

Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 53-60 , January 2010

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