Rupture of the pectoralis major muscle in nursing home residents

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 233-235

  Beloosesky, Yichayaou ^a,c   Hendel, David ^a   Weiss, Avraham ^a   Rosenberg, Paul H ^a   Grinblat, Joseph ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Beit Rivka Geriatric Rehabilitation Center   (Israel)

^c RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; DIPYRIDAMOLE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ABUSE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; MUSCLE INJURY; NURSING HOME; PAIN; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTUSIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; RUPTURE; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0035881135     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(01)00805-1     Document Type: Article

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