The Epidemiology and Natural History of Pressure Ulcers in Elderly Nursing Home Residents

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 264, Issue 22, 1990, Pages 2905-2909

  Brandeis, Gary H ^a,b   Morris, John N ^a   Nash, Daniel J ^a   Lipsitz, Lewis A ^a,b  

^a RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECUBITUS ULCER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0025695548     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1990.03450220071025     Document Type: Article

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