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BMC Geriatrics is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of health care in older people.
BMC Geriatrics (ISSN 1471-2318) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE and Google Scholar.
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How do older patients and their GPs evaluate shared decision-making in health care? Danica Rotar-Pavlic, Igor Svab, Raymond Wetzels BMC Geriatrics 2008, 8 :9 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Assessing control of postural stability in community-living older adults using performance-based limits of stability Myriam Jbabdi, Patrick Boissy, Mathieu Hamel BMC Geriatrics 2008, 8 :8 (31 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The use of advanced tracking technologies for the analysis of mobility in Alzheimer's disease and related cognitive diseases Noam Shoval, Gail K Auslander, Tim Freytag, Ruth Landau, Frank Oswald, Ulrich Seidl, Hans-Werner Wahl, Shirli Werner, Jeremia Heinik BMC Geriatrics 2008, 8 :7 (26 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Falls in advanced old age: recalled falls and prospective follow-up of over-90-year-olds in the Cambridge City over-75s Cohort study Jane Fleming, Fiona E Matthews, Carol Brayne, the Cambridge City over-75s Cohort (CC75C) study collaboration BMC Geriatrics 2008, 8 :6 (17 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Factors associated with self-rated health in older people living in institutions Javier Dami BMC Geriatrics 2008, 8 :5 (27 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Individual nutrition therapy and exercise regime: A controlled trial of injured, vulnerable elderly (INTERACTIVE trial) Susie K Thomas, Karen J Humphreys, Michelle D Miller, Ian D Cameron, Craig Whitehead, Susan Kurrle, Shylie Mackintosh, Maria Crotty BMC Geriatrics 2008, 8 :4 (26 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Transitions in cognitive test scores over 5 and 10 years in elderly people: Evidence for a model of age-related deficit accumulation Arnold Mitnitski, Kenneth Rockwood BMC Geriatrics 2008, 8 :3 (18 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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(Cost)-effectiveness of family meetings on indicated prevention of anxiety and depressive symptoms and disorders of primary family caregivers of patients with dementia: design of a randomized controlled trial Karlijn J Joling, Hein PJ van Hout, Philip Scheltens, Myrra Vernooij-Dassen, Bernard van den Berg, Judith Bosmans, Freek Gillissen, Mary Mittelman, Harm WJ van Marwijk BMC Geriatrics 2008, 8 :2 (21 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Prevalence of anaemia in older persons: systematic review Helen Gaskell, Sheena Derry, R Andrew Moore, Henry J McQuay BMC Geriatrics 2008, 8 :1 (14 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Passive movement therapy in patients with moderate to severe paratonia; study protocol of a randomised clinical trial (ISRCTN43069940) Johannes SM Hobbelen, Frans RJ Verhey, Jacobus HJ Bor, Rob A de Bie, Raymond TCM Koopmans BMC Geriatrics 2007, 7 :30 (19 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Barriers to research utilization and research use among registered nurses in the care of older people: Does the BARRIERS Scale discriminate between research users and non-research users on perceptions of barriers? Anne-Marie Bostrom, Kerstin Nilsson Kajermo, Gun Nordstrom, Lars Wallin Implementation Science 2008, 3 :24 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
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Quality of care in elder emergency department patients with pneumonia: a prospective cohort study Jeffrey M Caterino, Brian C Hiestand, Daniel R Martin BMC Emergency Medicine 2008, 8 :6 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Concomitant ablation of atrial fibrillation in octogenarians: an observational study Herko Grubitzsch, Sven Beholz, Pascal Dohmen, Simon Dushe, Wolfgang Konertz Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2008, 3 :21 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Do quality of life, participation and environment of older adults differ according to level of activity? Melanie Levasseur, Johanne Desrosiers, Denise St-Cyr Tribble Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2008, 6 :30 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Effect of influenza and pneumococcal vaccines in elderly persons in years of low influenza activity Brith Christenson, Karlis Pauksen, Staffan P.E. Sylvan Virology Journal 2008, 5 :52 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Diffusion of an e-learning programme among Danish General Practitioners: A nation-wide prospective survey Frans Boch Waldorff, Annette Plesner Steenstrup, Bente Nielsen, Jens Rubak, Flemming Bro BMC Family Practice 2008, 9 :24 (25 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Framingham Stroke Risk Profile and poor cognitive function: a population-based study David J Llewellyn, Iain A Lang, Jing Xie, Felicia A Huppert, David Melzer, Kenneth M Langa BMC Neurology 2008, 8 :12 (22 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Sex and the city: differences in disease- and disability-free life years, and active community participation of elderly men and women in 7 cities in Latin America and the Caribbean Angela M. C. Rose, Anselm J. Hennis, Ian R. Hambleton BMC Public Health 2008, 8 :127 (21 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Validation of an individualised quality of life measure in older day hospital patients Miles D Witham, Roberta L Fulton, Lucy Wilson, Carolyn A Leslie, Marion ET McMurdo Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2008, 6 :27 (18 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Five-Factor Model personality profiles of drug users Antonio Terracciano, Corinna E L BMC Psychiatry 2008, 8 :22 (11 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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