Care for older people

Internal Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 932-940

  Ohrui, Takashi ^a   Kubo, Hiroshi ^a   Sasaki, Hidetada ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Cerebrovascular disorder; Depressive state; Geriatric syndrome; Sleep disorder

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMANTADINE; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; BCG VACCINE; CAPSAICIN; CHINESE DRUG; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DONEPEZIL; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FOLIC ACID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE; KAMI UNTAN TOU; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; TAU PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BCG VACCINATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COUGHING; DEPRESSION; DRUG MECHANISM; FALLING; FRACTURE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH HYGIENE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SMOKING CESSATION; TERMINAL CARE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0242690904     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.42.932     Document Type: Review

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