Health screening in older women

American Family Physician

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1835-1842

  Mouton, Charles P ^a   Espino, David V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DENSITOMETRY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; HEARING LOSS; OSTEOPOROSIS; REVIEW; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SEATBELT; URINE INCONTINENCE; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOLISM; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; ELDER ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; URINARY INCONTINENCE; VISION SCREENING;

EID: 0033118362     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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