Dermatological findings in the senior population of nursing homes in Turkey

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 93-98

  Kiliç, Arzu ^a   Gül, Ülker ^a   Aslan, Erkan ^a   Soylu, Seçil ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fungal infection; Pruritus; Residents in nursing homes in Turkey; Skin diseases of elderly; Xerosis

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANGIOMA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; ECZEMA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HEMIPLEGIA; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS; NURSING HOME; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARASITOSIS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PYODERMA; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCABIES; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DISEASE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; THYROID DISEASE; TREATMENT DURATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VARICOSIS; VIRAL SKIN DISEASE; XEROSIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NURSING HOMES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN DISEASES; TURKEY;

EID: 44449134304     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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