elderly subject
collocation in Englishmeaningsofelderlyandsubject
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elderly
adjective
uk/ˈel.dəl.i/us/ˈel.dɚ.li/
polite word ...
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subject
noun[C]
uk/ˈsʌb.dʒekt/us/ˈsʌb.dʒekt/
the thing that is being discussed, considered, ...
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Particular emphasis was given to the impact of repeated vaccination on the risk of influenza in elderly subjects.
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Therefore, generalization of our results to elderly subjects can be problematic.
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Reported activities of daily living : agreement between elderly subjects with and without dementia and their caregivers.
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The main objective of the experiment reported in this paper was to investigate loss of long-term memory ability in normal and cognitively impaired elderly subjects.
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Other tumour markers seen to rise with age and elevated levels in elderly subjects are related to the aging process itself rather than occult pathology.
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More clinical trials, designed to address the specific problems of elderly subjects with coronary disease, would therefore be welcome.
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Unfortunately, specific studies on stroke prevention particularly relevant to elderly subjects with diabetes have not been performed.
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These questions could be well understood by the elderly subjects.
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Presentations in elderly subjects may be non-specific, and they are more likely to demonstrate serious morbidity and mortality.
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The impaired and normal elderly subjects did not differ in false alarm rates.
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All the studies examined in the present review were carried out in elderly subjects.
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A recent community-based survey of elderly people confirmed that the vast majority (126/143) of elderly subjects suffered more than one cause.
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There were relatively few elderly subjects on therapeutic doses of antidepressants, which could have contributed to the poor prognosis.
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Activity and morale : a longitudinal-study of selected elderly subjects.
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This, however, should not preclude the study of the immune system of less than perfectly healthy elderly subjects for comparative purposes.
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Our results can, therefore, not be generalized to other subgroups, for example, mildly depressed subjects or elderly subjects suffering from depression.
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