Brand New Medicine for an Older Society

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 558-559

  Marzetti, Emanuele ^a   Sanna, Tommaso ^a   Calvani, Riccardo ^a   Bernabei, Roberto ^a   Landi, Francesco ^a   Cesari, Matteo ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ELDERLY CARE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LETTER; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE EXTENSION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MEDICINE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRENDS;

MEDICINE;

EID: 84961182299     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2016.02.024     Document Type: Letter

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