Geriatric screening and preventive care

American Family Physician

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 206-215

  Spalding, Mary C ^a   Sebesta, Sean C ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID; DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; TETANUS TOXOID; VARICELLA ZOSTER VACCINE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTERY DISEASE; BACKACHE; BACTERIURIA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BLADDER CANCER; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHICKENPOX; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; DIPHTHERIA; DRUG ABUSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FAT INTAKE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC CARE; GLAUCOMA; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEART DISEASE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; INFLUENZA; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LUNG CANCER; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH EXAMINATION; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; OBESITY; OCCULT BLOOD; OSTEOPOROSIS; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT MONITORING; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROSTATE CANCER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SUICIDE; TESTIS CANCER; TETANUS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; THYROID CANCER; THYROID DISEASE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ARTICLE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PRIMARY PREVENTION;

EID: 50349084788     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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