Marital status and postoperative functional recovery

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 194-196

  Neuman, Mark D ^a   Werner, Rachel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BATH; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIVORCED PERSON; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOBILIZATION; NAMED GROUPS BY MARITAL STATUS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATED PERSON; SINGLE (MARITAL STATUS); WIDOWED PERSON; WOUND DRESSING; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 84959122417     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.3240     Document Type: Letter

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