Predictors of health decline in older adults with pneumonia: Findings from the Community Acquired Pneumonia Impact Study

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Fernandez, Eduardo ^a   Krueger, Paul ^a,b   Loeb, Mark ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; ONTARIO; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 77954887945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-10-1     Document Type: Article

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