Percieved health and geriatic risk stratification: Observations from family practice

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 52, Issue MAY, 2006, Pages 626-627

  Bluestein, Daniel ^a   Rutledge, Carolyn M ^b  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DETERIORATION; FALLING; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INCONTINENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORTALITY; POSTAL MAIL; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; UNIVERSITY; URBAN AREA; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MALE; PILOT STUDY; STATISTICS; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; URINARY INCONTINENCE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 33745188009     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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