Prevalence of anemia among elderly patients in an emergency room setting

European Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-7

  Rohrig G ^a   Klossok, W ^a   Becker, I ^b   Benzing, T ^a   Schulz, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anemia; Elderly; Prevalence; Treatment emergency room

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893929366     PISSN: 18787649     EISSN: 18787657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurger.2013.10.008     Document Type: Article

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