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Nutritional risk and associated factors of adult in-patients at a teaching hospital in the Copperbelt province in Zambia; a hospital-based cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Nutritional risk and undernutrition are common problems among medical and surgical patients. In hospital, malnutrition is frequently under-diagnosed and untreated thereby contributing to morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of nutritional ris...

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Autores principales: Miyoba, Nixon, Musowoya, Joseph, Mwanza, Emily, Malama, Angel, Murambiwa, Nyati, Ogada, Irene, Njobvu, Macriveness, Liswaniso, Doris
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7050804/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32153901
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40795-018-0249-4