Mortality one-year postdischarge from a veterans affairs geriatric evaluation and management unit: Assessing mortality risks

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 860-863

  Williams, Arthur R ^a,c   Meuleman, John M ^b   Conlin Shaw, Mary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Mortality; Risk; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING;

EID: 0032766180     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb03845.x     Document Type: Article

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