Profiling dizziness in older primary care patients: An empirical study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Dros, Jacquelien ^a   Maarsingh, Otto R ^b   van der Windt, Daniëlle A W M ^b,c   Oort, Frans J ^a   ter Riet, Gerben ^a   de Rooij, Sophia E J A ^a   Schellevis, François G ^b,d   van der Horst, Henriëtte E ^b   van Weert, Henk C P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DIZZINESS; EAR NOSE THROAT DISEASE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESYNCOPE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; NETHERLANDS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIZZINESS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 79551625243     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016481     Document Type: Review

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