How should clinical care of the aged differ?

Lancet

Volumn 350, Issue 9085, 1997, Pages 1157-1158

  Resnick, Neil M ^a,b   Marcantonio, Edward R ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; DRUG USE; GERIATRIC CARE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0030667234     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)63817-2     Document Type: Short Survey

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