Functional assessment and infectious diseases [8]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1080-1081

  Rozzini, Renzo ^a   Sabatini, Tony ^a   Trabucchi, Marco ^a  

^a GERIATRIC RESEARCH GROUP   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; LETTER; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; CLASSIFICATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; ITALY; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 23444446061     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53338_8.x     Document Type: Letter

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