Characteristics of the SAGE database: A new resource for research on outcomes in long-term care

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1999, Pages

  Bernabei, Roberto ^a   Gambassi, Giovanni ^a,b   Lapane, Kate ^c   Sgadari, Antonio ^a   Landi, Francesco ^a   Gatsonis, Constantine ^c   Lipsitz, Lewis ^c   Mor, Vincent ^c  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032956127     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/54.1.M25     Document Type: Article

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