A study of the impact of influenza on the functional status of frail older people

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 645-650

  Barker, William H ^a   Borisute, Hannah ^b   Cox, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEATH; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES;

EID: 0032559779     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.158.6.645     Document Type: Article

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