Dizziness reported by elderly patients in family practice: Prevalence, incidence, and clinical characteristics

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Maarsingh, Otto R ^a   Dros, Jacquelien ^b   Schellevis, François G ^a,c   Van Weert, Henk C ^b   Bindels, Patrick J ^b,d   Horst, Henriette E Van Der ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATA COLLECTION; DIZZINESS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77649305025     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-2     Document Type: Article

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