Geriatric emergencies part 1: Vulnerability and primary prevention

Topics in Advanced Practice Nursing

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Fletcher, Kathleen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID;

AGING; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EMERGENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NURSING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROTEIN INTAKE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN DISEASE; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 21744450571     PISSN: 15352250     EISSN: 15352250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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