JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 5 , Pages 295-297 , June 2009

But Is It Malnutrition?

  • David R. Thomas, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to David R. Thomas, MD, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 1402 S. Grand Boulevard, M238, St Louis, MO 63104.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.03.004

JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 5 , Pages 295-297 , June 2009

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