The prevalence and characteristic of patients with 'acopia'

Age and Ageing

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-105

  Kee, Yi Yen Karen ^a   Rippingale, Catherine ^b  

^a MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b EAST SURREY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMORBIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 58849084175     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afn238     Document Type: Letter

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