Preventive health care in elderly people needs rethinking

British Medical Journal

Volumn 335, Issue 7614, 2007, Pages 285-287

  Mangin, Dee ^a   Sweeney, Kieran ^b   Heath, Iona ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Caversham Group Practice   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; PLACEBO; PRAVASTATIN;

AGING; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 34548035644     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39241.630741.be1     Document Type: Short Survey

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