Serum Albumin Level and Physical Disability as Predictors of Mortality in Older Persons

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 272, Issue 13, 1994, Pages 1036-1042

  Corti, Maria Chiara ^a   Guralnik, Jack M ^a   Salive, Marcel E ^a   Sorkin, John D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERUM ALBUMIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0027965133     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1994.03520130074036     Document Type: Article

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