Neurosurgery for the elderly: Facts and figures

Gerontology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-6

  O'Brien D P ^a   Nagaria, J ^a   Rawluk, D ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Elderly; Neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORKLOAD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030064492     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000213763     Document Type: Article

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