Primary prevention of diseases of old age

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 407-430

  Mehr, David R ^a   Tatum III, Paul E ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA CAROTENE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIHYDROPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; DIPHTHERIA TETANUS VACCINE; DIURETIC AGENT; ESTROGEN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; VITAMIN D;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGING; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER SCREENING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISABILITY; EXERCISE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SMOKING CESSATION; SURVIVAL RATE; THYROID DISEASE; AGED; ELDERLY CARE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EXERCISE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0036667560     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-0690(02)00019-8     Document Type: Review

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