Provision of adequate dairy food will alleviate malnutrition in aged-care
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Dairy food supplementation may reduce malnutrition risk in institutionalised elderly
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Nutrition & Intermediary Metabolism
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2352-3859
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnim.2015.12.249