Longitudinal Study of Death and Institutionalization in Patients with Primary Degenerative Dementia

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 108-112

  Knopman, David S ^a   Kitto, John ^a   Deinard, Susan ^a   Heiring, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; DEATH; DEMENTIA; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOME NURSING; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023858603     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1988.tb01778.x     Document Type: Article

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