Chronic diseases in elderly men: Underreporting and underdiagnosis

Age and Ageing

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 177-183

  Frost, Morten ^a   Wraae, Kristian ^a   Gudex, Claire ^a   Nielsen, Torben ^a   Brixen, Kim ^a   Hagen, Claus ^b   Andersen, Marianne ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Elderly; Men; Population based; Underdiagnosis; Underreporting

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DANISH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; ETHNIC GROUP; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GERIATRICS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGONADISM; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MYXEDEMA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; TELECONSULTATION; THYROID DISEASE; THYROTOXICOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; TELEPHONE;

EID: 84857227711     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afr153     Document Type: Article

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