Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 59, Issue 8 , Pages 836-841 , August 2006

The SCREEN I (Seniors in the Community: Risk Evaluation for Eating and Nutrition) index adequately represents nutritional risk

  • Heather H. Keller

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,Accepted 12 June 2005.

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PII: S0895-4356(06)00048-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.06.013

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 59, Issue 8 , Pages 836-841 , August 2006

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