Skin conditions in community-living older adults: Prevalence and characteristics of medical care service use

Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 186-194

  Guerra, Samantha Gontijo ^a   Vasiliadis, Helen Maria ^a   Préville, Michel ^a   Berbiche, Djamal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY LIVING; DERMATITIS; DERMATOLOGIST; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EYE DISEASE; EYELID DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HAIR DISEASE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ICD-9; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOUTH DISEASE; MYCOSIS; NAIL DISEASE; PHYSICIAN DIAGNOSED SKIN CONDITION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSORIASIS; PYODERMA; SELF REPORT; SELF REPORT SKIN CONDITION; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN TUMOR; SKIN ULCER; URTICARIA; VARICOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION; QUEBEC; SKIN DISEASES; UTILIZATION;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; QUEBEC; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 84901008243     PISSN: 12034754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7750.2013.13102     Document Type: Article

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