Department of Veterans Affairs Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Centers: Translating aging research into clinical geriatrics

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1347-1356

  Supiano, Mark A ^a,b   Alessi, Cathy ^c,d   Chernoff, Ronni ^e,f   Goldberg, Andrew ^g,h   Morley, John E ⁱ   Schmader, Kenneth E ^j,k   Shay, Kenneth ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ S LOUIS UNIV HLTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^j DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k VA Durham GRECC   (United States)

^l DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

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Author keywords

education and training; geriatric care; translational research

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXERCISE; FUNDING; GERIATRIC CARE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH; NONHUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; TERMINAL CARE; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VETERAN;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84863836150     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04004.x     Document Type: Article

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