title: Preventive medicine and screening in the elderly: working guidelines.
abstract: Preventive medicine is an attractive concept, but is insufficiently studied and emphasized, especially regarding the elderly. This working guideline for prevention and screening of common health problems of the elderly is based on existing recommendations and takes into account the continuing controversies and gaps in knowledge and research.
authors.affiliation: Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA.
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Goldberg
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D005853:Geriatrics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000592:standards*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011315:Preventive Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States