The Provision of Physical Activity to Hospitalized Elderly Patients

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 151, Issue 12, 1991, Pages 2452-2456

  Lazarus, Bruce A ^a,b   Murphy, John B ^a,b   Coletta, Elise M ^a,b   McQuade, William H ^a,b   Culpepper, Larry ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026316307     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1991.00400120090017     Document Type: Article

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