Illness Presentation in Elderly Patients

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 10, 1995, Pages 1060-1064

  Jarrett, Pamela G ^a   Rockwood, Kenneth ^a   Carver, Daniel ^a   Stolee, Paul ^a   Cosway, Sylvia ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DETERIORATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0029029237     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1995.00430100086010     Document Type: Article

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