Dementia, Agitation, and Care in the Nursing Home

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 507-512

  Aronson, Miriam K ^a   Post, Donna Cox ^a   Guastadisegni, Paul ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0027238657     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1993.tb01886.x     Document Type: Article

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