Change in red blood cell distribution width during the last years of life in geriatric patients

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 590-594

  Martínez Velilla, Nicolás ^a,b   Cambra Contin, K ^b,c   Garcia Baztan A ^a   Alonso Renedo, J ^a,b   Herce, P A ^b,d   Ibanez Beroiz B ^b,c  

^a Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra   (Spain)

^b Atención Primaria Y Promoción de La Salud   (Spain)

^c Research Associate   (Spain)

^d Centro de Salud de San Juan   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; mortality; prognosis; red cell distribution width

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMORBIDITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84940000467     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-015-0470-7     Document Type: Article

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