Laboratory values, symptoms and survival in an 80-year-old population

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-80

  Jensen, E ^a   Ruilian, Liang ^c   Dehlin, O ^a   Hagberg, B ^b   Samuelsson, G ^b   Svensson, T ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Gerontologiskt Centrum   (Sweden)

^c Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Elderly; Laboratory values; Quality of life; Survival

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; POTASSIUM;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0030021078     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-4943(95)00679-6     Document Type: Article

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