Association of mild anemia with hospitalization and mortality in the elderly: The Health and Anemia population-based study

Haematologica

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-28

  Riva, Emma ^a   Tettamanti, Mauro ^a   Mosconi, Paola ^a   Apolone, Giovanni ^a   Gandini, Francesca ^a   Nobili, Alessandro ^a   Tallone, Maria Vittoria ^b   Detoma, Paolo ^b   Giacomin, Adriano ^c   Clerico, Mario ^b   Tempia, Patrizia ^b   Guala, Adriano ^b   Fasolo, Gilberto ^c   Lucca, Ugo ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE DEGLI INFERMI   (Italy)

^c Local Health Authority   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elderly; Hemoglobin; Hospitalization; Mild anemia; Mortality

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THALASSEMIA MINOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58149236988     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.13449     Document Type: Article

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