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Nutrition assessment methods for the older Irish adult in the clinical and community settings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 April 2008

Ruth P. Charles
Ruth P. Charles*
Affiliation:
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Adelaide and Meath Hospital Dublin incorporating the National Children's Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin 24, Republic of Ireland
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*Corresponding author: Ruth P. Charles, fax +353 1 414 2000
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 57 , Issue 4 , November 1998 , pp. 599 - 602
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1998

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