Cause of death in older patients with anatomo-pathological evidence of chronic bronchitis or emphysema: A case-control study based on autopsy findings

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 571-576

  Janssens, Jean Paul ^a,b   Herrmann, François ^a   MacGee, William ^a   Michel, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Hopital de Geriatrie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Chronic bronchitis; Emphysema; Myocardial infarction; Older; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; BRONCHITIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; PNEUMONIA; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0035016014     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49116.x     Document Type: Article

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