Focused assessment of foot care in older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 310-313

  Plummer, E Sharon ^a,b   Albert, Stewart G ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOOT MALFORMATION; FOOT ULCER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0029937742     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb00921.x     Document Type: Article

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