Is looking older than one's actual age a sign of poor health?

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 136-141

  Hwang, Stephen W ^a,b   Atia, Mina ^a   Nisenbaum, Rosane ^a   Pare, Dwayne E ^c   Joordens, Steve ^c  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

age factors; diagnosis; health status; physical examination; sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78751578878     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-010-1537-0     Document Type: Article

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