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Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases > Nutrition Disorders > Malnutrition

Preferred term

Malnutrition  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Malnourishment
  • Malnourishments
  • Nutritional Deficiencies
  • Nutritional Deficiency
  • Undernutrition

Scope note

  • An imbalanced nutritional status resulting from insufficient intake of nutrients to meet normal physiological requirement.

History note

  • 2004; use NUTRITION DISORDERS 1975-2003

In other languages

  • aliravitsemus

    Finnish

  • aliravitsemustila
  • malnutritio
  • Näringsbrist
  • vajaaravitsemus
  • virheravitsemus
  • virheravitsemustila
  • Undernäring

    Swedish

  • Felnäring
  • Näringsbrist

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D044342

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