Patterns of multimorbidity in elderly veterans

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1872-1880

  Steinman, Michael A ^a,c   Lee, Sei J ^a,c   John Boscardin, W ^a,c   Miao, Yinghui ^a,c   Fung, Kathy Z ^a,c   Moore, Kelly L ^d   Schwartz, Janice B ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Jewish Home of San Francisco   (United States)

Author keywords

age effects; aged; multimorbidity; veterans

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANEMIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSPEPSIA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GOUT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NEOPLASM; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PEPTIC ULCER; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; VETERAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; MALE; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84867545988     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04158.x     Document Type: Article

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