Descriptive study of nursing home residents from the REHPA network

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 679-683

  Rolland, Yves ^a,b   Abellan Van Kan, G ^a   Hermabessiere, S ^a   Gerard, S ^a   Guyonnet Gillette, S ^a,b   Vellas, B ^a,b  

^a Serv Univ Psychiat l'Enfant l'A   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Dementia; Disability; Nursing home; Osteoporosis; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY WEIGHT; CHARLSON INDEX SCORE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 70350519381     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-009-0197-4     Document Type: Article

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