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Screening for nutritional risk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

H. M. Reilly
Affiliation:
Nutrition and Dietetic Department, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham B9 5SS
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Abstract

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Type
‘Nutrition in clinical management: malnutrition in our midst’
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1996

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