Mini Nutritional Assessment and functional status as predictors of development of pressure ulcers in acute setting of care.

J Am Geriatr Soc

Department of Health Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy; Geriatric Clinic, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy.

Published: July 2014

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