title: Assessment of malnutrition in older persons: a focus on the Mini Nutritional Assessment.
authors.affiliation: GRECC, St. Louis VA Medical Center and Division of Geriatric Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63104, USA. morley@slu.edu
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Morley
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000473:pathology; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000592:standards*; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009752:Nutritional Status; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D015431:Weight Loss