Elderly health centres - The first year experience

Hong Kong Practitioner

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 530-539

  Lee, R S Y ^a   Ho, K S ^a   Chua, K L ^a   Lee, K Y ^a   Wu, N S C ^a   Chan, W M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Elderly; Health assessment

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATARACT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELDERLY CARE; EXPERIENCE; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; POLYPHARMACY; SOCIOECONOMICS; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0036878663     PISSN: 10273948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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