Hospital Malnutrition
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Hospital Malnutrition in Latin America
In Latin American hospitals, the malnutrition numbers are strikingly high; disease-related malnutrition has been reported in nearly 50% of adult patients in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, and Uruguay. To address this problem, we worked as part of a feedM.E. Latin American Study Group. Together, we ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Intestinal Research
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1598-9100,2288-1956
DOI: 10.5217/ir.2013.11.4.238