Advocacy and Public Policy Special Report: Disease-Related Malnutrition and Enteral Nutrition Therapy: A Significant Problem With a Cost-Effective Solution.
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Name: Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
ISSN: 1941-2452
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- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20802144
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0884533610378524
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