Sundown Syndrome in Institutionalized Elderly

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1987, Pages 101-108

  Evans, Lois K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFUSION; DEMENTIA; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUNDOWN SYNDROME;

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONFUSION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LIGHT; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NURSING HOMES; PERIODICITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023092506     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1987.tb01337.x     Document Type: Article

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