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Reuben DB. Quality indicators for the care of undernutrition in vulnerable elders. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007;55 Suppl 2:S438-42.     

Brownie S. Why are elderly individuals at risk of nutritional deficiency? Int J Nurs Pract. 2006;12( 2):110-118.

Chapman IM. Nutritional disorders in the elderly. Med Clin North Am. 2006;90( 5):887-907

Milne AC, Potter J, Avenell A. Protein and energy supplementation in elderly people at risk from malnutrition. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2005;(2)( 2):CD003288.

Feldblum I, German L, Castel H, et al. Characteristics of undernourished older medical patients and the identification of predictors for undernutrition status. Nutr J.2007;6:37.

Roberts KC, Wolfson C, Payette H. Predictors of nutritional risk in community-dwelling seniors. Can J Public Health. 2007;98( 4):331-336.

Chapman IM. The anorexia of aging. Clin Geriatr Med. 2007;23( 4):735-56, v

Holmes S. Barriers to effective nutritional care for older adults. Nurs Stand. 2006;21( 3):50-54.

DiMaria-Ghalili RA, Guenter PA. The mini nutritional assessment. Am J Nurs. 2008;108( 2):50-9; quiz 60.

Furman EF. Undernutrition in older adults across the continuum of care: Nutritional assessment, barriers, and interventions. J Gerontol Nurs. 2006;32( 1):22-27.

Guigoz Y. The mini nutritional assessment (MNA) review of the literature--what does it tell us? J Nutr Health Aging. 2006;10( 6):466-85; discussion 485-7.

Hajjar RR,  Kamel HK,  Denson: K Malnutrition In Aging: The Internet Journal of Geriatrics and Gerontology . 2004; 1(1)

Labossiere R,Bernard MA. Nutritional considerations in institutionalized elders. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2008;11( 1):1-6. 

Milne AC, Potter J, Avenell A. Protein and energy supplementation in elderly people at risk from malnutrition. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2005;(2)( 2):CD003288.  

National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC). Guideline summary: Unintentional weight loss in the elderly. In: National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) [website]. Rockville (MD): Available: http://www.guideline.gov  

Reuben DB. Quality indicators for the care of undernutrition in vulnerable elders. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007;55 Suppl 2:S438-42.  

Bahr PR. Race and nutrition: An investigation of black-white differences in health-related nutritional behaviours. Sociol Health Illn. 2007;29( 6):831-856.

Cabrera MA, Mesas AE, Garcia AR, de Andrade SM. Malnutrition and depression among community-dwelling elderly people. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2007;8( 9):582-584.

Elia M, Stratton RJ. Geographical inequalities in nutrient status and risk of malnutrition among english people aged 65 y and older. Nutrition. 2005;21( 11-12):1100-1106.

Pieterse S, Ismail S. Nutritional risk factors for older refugees. Disasters. 2003;27( 1):16-36.

Pirlich M, Schutz T, Kemps M, et al. Social risk factors for hospital malnutrition. Nutrition. 2005;21( 3):295-300.

Evans C. Malnutrition in the Elderly: A Multifactorial Failure to Thrive. The Permanente Journal. 2005: 9 (3)

Pickering G. Frail elderly, nutritional status and drugs. Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2004;38( 2):174-180.