Evaluation of multi-dimensional outcomes of chronic diseases: A clinical example from China

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Liang, Yuan ^a   Lu, Zuxun ^a   Zhang, Naixing ^a   Shen, Lin ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases; Clinical investigation; Evaluation of multi dimensional outcome; Outcome of geriatric assessment; Primary osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; ESTROGEN; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE PAIN; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG COST; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SHORT FORM 36; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCIUM; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTURAL BALANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D;

EID: 79953078173     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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