Medical characteristics of the oldest old: retrospective chart review of patients aged 85+ in an academic primary care centre.

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Published in BMC Res Notes on June 05, 2014

Authors

Christopher S Tsoi1, Justin Y Chow, Kenny S Choi, Hiu-Wah Li, Jason X Nie, C Shawn Tracy, Li Wang, Ross E G Upshur

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Family Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto M5T 3 L9, ON, Canada. tsoi.cs@gmail.com.

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