Family Practice Vol. 18, No. 3, 343
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Screening highly prevalent disorders among the elderly
Clinical Assistant Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada and
a Associate Professor, University of Iowa, Iowa, USA.
Eekhof and colleagues1 recently reported the results of screening highly prevalent disorders among the elderly in general practice. We fully agree with one of their concluding statements, "preventive care ... should be started before the age of 75 years ..."; however, their statement that a screening
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