Adrenal insufficiency in the elderly: A nationwide study of hospitalizations in Taiwan

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 221, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 281-285

  Chen, Yi Chun ^a   Chen, Yu Chun ^b   Chou, Li Fang ^c   Chen, Tzeng Ji ^a,d   Hwang, Shinn Jang ^a,d  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adrenal insufficiency; Comorbidity; Elderly; Epidemiology; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTICEMIA; TAIWAN; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ACCREDITATION; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TAIWAN;

EID: 77954679428     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.221.281     Document Type: Article

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