Suggestions for maintaining nutritional management in community-dwelling elderly obtained from the Mini Nutritional Assessment
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Nutritional Status of the Community-dwelling Elderly in Tabriz, Iran
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal for the Integrated Study of Dietary Habits
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1346-9770,1881-2368
DOI: 10.2740/jisdh.23.137