Anemia in the elderly: A frequent condition that should not be overlooked;L'anémie du sujet âgé: Une pathologie fréquente à ne pas banaliser

Revue Medicale Suisse

Volumn 6, Issue 270, 2010, Pages 2125-2129

  Frangos, Emilia ^a   Perrenoud, Jean Jacques ^a   Vischer, Ulrich M ^a   Samii, Kaveh ^b  

^a Hopital de Geriatrie   (Switzerland)

^b HUG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANEMIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW;

AGED; ANEMIA; HUMANS;

EID: 78649891920     PISSN: 16609379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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