Functional decline in independent elders after minor traumatic injury

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 78-81

  Shapiro, Marc J ^a   Partridge, Robert A ^a   Jenouri, Ilse ^b   Micalone, Maria ^c   Gifford, David ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sturdy Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^c Saint Vincent Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Elders; Functional decline; Geriatrics; Health status; Injury

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035181925     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2001.tb00560.x     Document Type: Article

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