Chronic
Disease: General Disease States
Research and Reports
2003
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Hu
P, Seeman TE, Harris TB, Reuben DB. Does inflammation or undernutrition
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Resources
2002
and earlier
The
Role of Nutrition in Chronic Disease Care (2000)
Audience: Professionals
Description: Manual: Help health care professionals
meet the challenges of providing specialized care to the Medicare
population. Topics covered include cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease, coronary heart disease, dementia, diabetes, failure to
thrive, osteoporosis, and hypertension.
Contact: Nutrition Screening Initiative
PO Box 753
Waldorf, MD 20604-0753
Phone: 202-625-1662
e-mail: NSI@gmmb.com
Cost: $15.00 for full manual; $10.00 for summary manual.
National
Institute of Health (NIH) <www.nih.gov>
Numedx.com
(primarily AIDS related) <www.numedx.com>
Last Updated:
09/17/2004
