Older women's health priorities and perceptions of care delivery: Results of the WOW health survey

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 153-159

  Tannenbaum, Cara ^a   Mayo, Nancy ^a   Ducharme, Francine ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANADA; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; STROKE; URINE INCONTINENCE; VACCINATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 22744449580     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.050059     Document Type: Article

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