Health assessment of elderly patients

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 795-797

  Gray, Len C ^a   Newbury, Jonathan W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 16544379509     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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