Functional decline in nonagenarians after a visit to an ED [4]

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 509-

  Formiga, F ^a   Vidaller, A ^a   Salazar, A ^a   Pujol, R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 10744232178     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(03)00176-1     Document Type: Article

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