Anemia and functional capacity in elderly Brazilian hospitalized patients

This study evaluated the association between anemia and physical functional capacity in a cross-sectional population-based sample of 709 hospitalized elderly patients aged 60 years and over admitted to the Madre Teresa Hospital, Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The Mann-Whitney or &quo...

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Main Authors: Raquel de Macedo Bosco, Elisa Priscila Souza Assis, Renata Rosseti Pinheiro, Luiza Cristina Viana de Queiroz, Leani S. M. Pereira, Carlos Maurício Figueiredo Antunes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 2013-07-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2013000700007&lng=en&tlng=en