Preventive medicine and screening in the elderly: Working guidelines

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 521-530

  Goldberg, Todd H ^a,b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASM; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASMS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034221165     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.67.7.521     Document Type: Article

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