Dementia Among Medical Inpatients: Evaluation of 2000 Consecutive Admissions

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 146, Issue 10, 1986, Pages 1923-1926

  Erkinjuntti, Timo ^a   Wikström, Juhani ^a   Palo, Jorma ^a   Autio, Lauri ^b  

^a Departments of Neurology ^*  (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0022444187     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1986.00360220067013     Document Type: Article

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