Recent advances. Geriatric medicine

British Medical Journal

Volumn 315, Issue 7115, 1997, Pages 1071-1074

  Pahor, Marco ^a   Applegate, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA CAROTENE; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PIROXICAM;

AGED; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEMENTIA; GERIATRICS; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0030670872     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7115.1071     Document Type: Short Survey

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