No positive correlation between anemia and disability in older people in Japan [6]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 733-734

  Ishine, Masayuki ^a   Wada, Taizo ^a   Akamatsu, Katsuhiro ^a   Cruz, Matheus Roriz ^a   Sakagami, Teiji ^a   Kita, Toru ^a   Matsubayashi, Kozo ^a   Okumiya, Kiyohito ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LETTER; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; AGED; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ANEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE;

EID: 18944391348     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53228_6.x     Document Type: Letter

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