Is growing old a disease? A study of the attitudes of elderly people to physical symptoms

Journal of Chronic Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 1987, Pages 1095-1098

  Gjørup, Thomas ^a   Hendriksen, Carsten ^a   Lund, Ellinor ^a   Strømgård, Edith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Attitudes to symptoms; Elderly people

Indexed keywords

AGED; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BRAIN; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EAR; EDUCATION; ETIOLOGY; EYE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; GREAT BLOOD VESSEL; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NORMAL VALUE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; URINARY TRACT; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICIANS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023633240     PISSN: 00219681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9681(87)90076-2     Document Type: Article

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