Age and Ageing

News and reviews:

DIOGENES

News and reviews
Age Ageing 1998 27: 663-664; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.6.663 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial:

Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Consensus Conference on Medical Management of Stroke, 26–27 May 1998
Age Ageing 1998 27: 665-666; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.6.665 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

REVIEW:

CHRISTOPHER A. AUSTIN, PETER J. LAWSON, RICHARD GIBSON, and IAN PHILP

Proximal femoral fracture: achievements and prospects
Age Ageing 1998 27: 667-670; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.6.667 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research Papers:

ANTHONY JAMES, KAPIL KAPUR, and A. BARNEY HAWTHORNE

Long-term outcome of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy feeding in patients with dysphagic stroke
Age Ageing 1998 27: 671-676; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.6.671 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

GILLIAN E. MEAD, HELEN SHINGLER, ANNE FARRELL, PAUL A. O'NEILL, and CHARLES N. MCCOLLUM

Carotid disease in acute stroke
Age Ageing 1998 27: 677-682; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.6.677 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CHARLES E. ASHTON, W. ROBIN MCNABB, MARK WILKINSON, and ROGER R.LEWIS

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in elderly patients
Age Ageing 1998 27: 683-688; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.6.683 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ANASTASSIA E. KOSSIONI and HERCULES C. KARKAZIS

Jaw reflexes in healthy old people
Age Ageing 1998 27: 689-695; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.6.689 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

GIDEON A. CAPLAN, ANN BROWN, WILLIAM D. CROKER, and JANIS DOOLAN

Risk of admission within 4 weeks of discharge of elderly patients from the emergency department—the DEED study
Age Ageing 1998 27: 697-702; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.6.697 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

JAMAL ROOMI, ABEBAW M. YOHANNES, and MARTIN J. CONNOLLY

The effect of walking aids on exercise capacity and oxygenation in elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Age Ageing 1998 27: 703-706; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.6.703 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ROWAN H. HARWOOD, MARTIN J. PRINCE, ANTHONY H. MANN, and SHAH EBRAHIM

The prevalence of diagnoses, impairments, disabilities and handicaps in a population of elderly people living in a defined geographical area: the Gospel Oak project
Age Ageing 1998 27: 707-714; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.6.707 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MAURO PROVINCIALI, ALESSIO MONTENOVO, GIUSEPPINA DI STEFANO, MAURO COLOMBO, LAURA DAGHETTA, MARCO CAIRATI, CLAUDIO VERONI, ROBERTO CASSINO, FABRIZIO DELIA TORRE, and NICOLA FABRIS

Effect of zinc or zinc plus arginine supplementation on antibody titre and lymphocyte subsets after influenza vaccination in elderly subjects: a randomized controlled trial
Age Ageing 1998 27: 715-722; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.6.715 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ANGELA E. JOHNSON, ANGELA J. M. DONKIN, KEVIN MORGAN, ROGER J. NEALE, ROBERT M. PAGF, and RICHARD L. SILBURN

Fruit and vegetable consumption in later life
Age Ageing 1998 27: 723-728; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.6.723 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MERJA AHTO, RAIMO ISOAHO, HANNU PUOLIJOKI, PEKKA LAIPPALA, MATTI ROMO, and SIRKKA-LIISA KIVELÄ

Prevalence of coronary heart disease, associated manifestations and electrocardiographic findings in elderly Finns
Age Ageing 1998 27: 729-738; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.6.729 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MARC BONNEFOY, TOMASZ KOSTKA, MARIE C. PATRICOT, SOPHIE E. BERTHOUZE, BRUNO MATHIAN, and JEAN R. LACOUR

Physical activity and dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate, insulin-like growth factor I and testosterone in healthy active elderly people
Age Ageing 1998 27: 745-752; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.6.745 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Articles:

MORTEN GRØNBÆK, ALLAN DEIS, ULRIK BECKER, HANS OLE HEIN, PETER SCHNOHR, GORM JENSEN, KNUT BORCH-JOHNSFN, and THORKILD I. A. SØRENSEN

Alcohol and mortality: is there a U-shaped relation in elderly people?
Age Ageing 1998 27: 739-744; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.6.739 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

KENNETH M. RHODES, ANSER S. QURESHI, and HELEN FOULKES

The use of general practitioner elderly beds in community hospitals
Age Ageing 1998 27: 753; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.6.753 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PETER H. MILLARD

Euthanasia and old age
Age Ageing 1998 27: 754-755; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.6.754 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MONTS FERRER and JORDI ALONSO

The use of the Short Form (SF)-36 questionnaire for older adults
Age Ageing 1998 27: 755-758; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.6.755 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PIRKKO O. JANTTI, HEIKKI J. AHO, PAIVI-LIISA MAKI-JOKELA, and RAUNO J. HEIKINHEIMO

Hip protectors and hip fractures
Age Ageing 1998 27: 758-759; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.6.758 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

MARGOT GOSNEY

Book reviews
Age Ageing 1998 27: 760; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.6.760 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MARGOT GOSNEY

Book Reviews
Age Ageing 1998 27: 760; doi:10.1093/ageing/27.6.760-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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