Age disparities in heart failure research

JAMA

Volumn 304, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 1950-1951

  Kitzman, Dalane W ^a   Rich, Michael W ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMORBIDITY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; NOTE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78049370738     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.1592     Document Type: Note

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