Walking the tightrope: The challenge of elder care

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1466-1468

  Meuleman, John R ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE INHIBITOR; FLUNISOLIDE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

AEROSOL; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; CAREGIVER; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DIURESIS; ELDERLY CARE; GOUT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; POLYDIPSIA;

EID: 0029797872     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb04072.x     Document Type: Article

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