Unexpected out-of-hospital deaths in persons aged 85 years or older: An autopsy study of 1886 patients

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 365-369

  Berzlanovich, Andrea M ^a,b   Missliwetz, Johann ^a   Sim, Ernst ^c   Fazeny Dörner, Barbara ^a   Fasching, Peter ^d   Marosi, Christine ^a   Waldhoer, Thomas ^a   Muhm, Manfred ^b,e  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Unfallkrankenhaus Meidling   (Austria)

^d Geriatric Center Baumgarten   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SENESCENCE; SUDDEN DEATH; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 0037397839     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(03)00049-4     Document Type: Article

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