Elders at risk during disasters

Home Healthcare Nurse

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-40

  Lamb, Karen V ^a,b   O'Brien, Catherine ^b   Fenza, Paula J ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^b Mather LifeWays Institute on Aging   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISASTER PLANNING; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; THERMOREGULATION; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISASTER PLANNING; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 37549005535     PISSN: 0884741X     EISSN: 15390713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NHH.0000305552.32597.4d     Document Type: Article

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