In what extent anemia coexists with cognitive impairment in elderly: A cross-sectional study in Greece

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 2, Issue , 2001, Pages 1-6

  Argyriadou, Stella ^a,b   Vlachonikolis, Ioannis ^b   Melisopoulou, Haritini ^a   Katachanakis, Kostas ^b   Lionis, Christos ^b  

^a Health Centre of Chrisoupolis (HCC)   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NURSING HOME; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANEMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DEMENTIA; GREECE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0012561253     PISSN: 14712296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-2-5     Document Type: Article

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