Anemia and the elderly: Clinical considerations

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Haematology

Volumn 18, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 417-422

  Gabrilove, Janice ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Erythropoietic; Hemoglobin

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYANOCOBALAMIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN; IRON; NOVEL ERYTHROPOIESIS STIMULATING PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ANEMIA; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FATIGUE; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 15844418772     PISSN: 15216926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beha.2005.02.004     Document Type: Review

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