Long-term-care residents

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 382-386

  Wilson, Donna M ^a   Truman, Corrine D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Alberta Health and Wellness   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LIVER DISEASE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 4944239854     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405152     Document Type: Article

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