Functional Outcomes of Anemia in Older Adults

Seminars in Hematology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 255-260

  Chaves, Paulo H M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIANEMIC AGENT; ERYTHROPOIESIS STIMULATING AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT MOBILITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANEMIA; COGNITION; EPOETIN ALFA; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEMATINICS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 52249114922     PISSN: 00371963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.seminhematol.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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