Anemia Prevalence in a Home Visit Geriatric Population

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 422-426

  Argento, Vivian ^a,b   Roylance, Jonathan ^a   Skudlarska, Beata ^a,b   Dainiak, Nicholas ^a,b   Amoateng Adjepong, Yaw ^a,b  

^a BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; home visit; prevalence

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MACROCYTIC ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45849146920     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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