The elderly patient - Who is that?;Der ältere patient - Wer ist das?

Internist

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1190-1194

  Sieber, C C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Frailty; Geriatrics; Multimorbidity; Oldest old; Polypharmacy

Indexed keywords

AGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYPHARMACY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COMORBIDITY; FORECASTING; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; GERMANY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LIFE EXPECTANCY;

EID: 36448990075     PISSN: 00209554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00108-007-1945-3     Document Type: Review

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