JAMDA
Volume 7, Issue 4 , Pages 230-233 , May 2006

The Efficacy of Performing Screening Mammograms in the Frail Elderly Population

  • Sonja Rosen, MD

      Affiliations

    • UCLA Multicampus Program in Geriatrics and Gerontology, Los Angeles, CA
    • ,
  • Nancy Weintraub, MD

      Affiliations

    • Sepulveda Veterans’ Affairs Academic Nursing Home, VA Greater Los Angeles Health Care System, Sepulveda, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Nancy Weintraub, MD, Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (11E), VA Greater Los Angeles Health Care System, 16111 Plummer Street, Sepulveda, CA 91343

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PII: S1525-8610(06)00078-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2006.01.026

JAMDA
Volume 7, Issue 4 , Pages 230-233 , May 2006

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