Iatrogeny in hospitalized elderly patients;Iatrogenia em pacientes idosos hospitalizados

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 36-42

  Carvalho Filho, Eurico T ^a,b   Saporetti, Luís ^a   Souza, Maria Alice R ^a   Arantes, Ana Claudia L Q ^a   Vaz, Marilucy Y K C ^a   Hojaiji, Naira H S L ^a   Alencar, Yolanda M G ^a   Curiati, José E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aged; Epidemiology; Iatrogenic disease; In patients

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031995439     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89101998000100005     Document Type: Article

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