The life cycle of bruises in older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1339-1343

  Mosqueda, Laura ^a,b   Burnight, Kerry ^a   Liao, Solomon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Building 200 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bruising; Causation; Color change; Duration; Location

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNOLOGY; FALLING; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT MOBILITY; SKIN BRUISING; COLOR; CONTUSION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLOR; CONTUSIONS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG THERAPY; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 25144492137     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53406.x     Document Type: Article

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