Screening for diseases in elderly persons: The correlation between physical checkup findings and chief complaints

Gerontology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 283-288

  Cheung, Bruno M H ^a   Jeng, Kee Ching G ^a   Lau, Yeu Jun ^a  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chief complaints; Elderly persons; Physical checkup findings

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRALGIA; BACK PAIN; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0032819428     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000022103     Document Type: Article

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