Activities of daily living scales and the needs for care and help among elderly before and after geriatric hospitalization

Archives of Public Health

Volumn 56, Issue 9-10, 1998, Pages 291-303

  Pepersack, T ^a   Beyer, I ^a   Claeys, C ^b   Schills, E ^b   Heymans, G ^c   Asthana, V ^d   Van Nes, M C ^d   Guillaume, G ^e   Roland, M ^e   Guillaume, J ^f   Wautot, A ^f  

^a BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tivoli   (Belgium)

^c Service de gériatrie HÔpital Erasme   (Belgium)

^d CH de Nivelles   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^f Union Natl des Mutualites Libres ^*  (Belgium)

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EID: 2542515398     PISSN: 07787367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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