Epidemiology of Anemia in Older Adults

Seminars in Hematology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 210-217

  Patel, Kushang V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; IRON; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANEMIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 52249104919     PISSN: 00371963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.seminhematol.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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