Risk factors for ill-health in old age

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 57, Issue 537, 2007, Pages 267-268

  Warnes, Anthony M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMNESIA; ARTHRITIS; CASE FINDING; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGED; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34047235776     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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