Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 9 , Pages 886-889, September 2010

The relationship between malnutrition parameters and pressure ulcers in hospitals and nursing homes

  • Eman S.M. Shahin, B.Sc., M.Sc., R.N., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Suez Canal University, Port Said, Egypt
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: 0020 66 3222977; Fax: 0020 66 3226812.
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  • J.M.M. Meijers, R.N., 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, The Netherlands
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  • J.M.G.A. Schols, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, Maastricht University Medical Centre and School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • A. Tannen, R.N., M.A., M.P.H., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing Science, Centre for the Humanities and Health Sciences, Charité, Universitätsmedizin, Berlin
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  • R.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, The Netherlands
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  • T. Dassen, Ph.D., R.N.

      Affiliations

    • Head of Department of Nursing Science, Centre for the Humanities and Health Sciences, Charité, Universitätsmedizin, Berlin

Received 11 May 2009; accepted 23 January 2010. published online 05 May 2010.

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 Institution at which the work was performed: Centre of the Humanities and Health Sciences, Department of Nursing Science, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin.

 There is no financial conflict of interest for any of the authors.

PII: S0899-9007(10)00054-7

doi:10.1016/j.nut.2010.01.016

Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 9 , Pages 886-889, September 2010

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