Prevalence and risk factors of peripheral arterial disease among older patients living in nursing homes

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 738-739

  Bo, Mario ^a   Zanocchi, Mauro ^a   Gallo, Raffaela ^a   Bergoglio, Isa ^a   Poli, Leone ^a   Fabris, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030161672     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb01851.x     Document Type: Letter

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