Malnutrition and associated variables in an elderly population of Criciúma, SC Desnutrição e variáveis associadas em uma população de idosos em Criciúma-SC

OBJECTIVE: Determining malnutrition and associated variables in the elderly. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among elderly people vaccinated against influenza in order to evaluate their nutritional status. Nutritional assessment was performed with the Mini Nutritional Assessment. To v...

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Main Authors: Rita Suselaine Vieira Ribeiro, Maria Inês da Rosa, Mary Clarisse Bozzetti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Médica Brasileira 2011-02-01
Series:Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-42302011000100017