Community-acquired pneumonia in old age: a prospective study of 91 patients admitted from home.

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Published in Age Ageing on March 01, 1997

Authors

D Lieberman1, D Lieberman, F Schlaeffer, A Porath

Author Affiliations

1: Pulmonary Unit, Soroka Medical Center of Kupat Holim, Faculty of the Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.

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