Documentation and evaluation of cognitive impairment in elderly primary care patients

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 422-429

  Callahan, Christopher M ^a,b   Hendrie, Hugh C ^a,c   Tierney, William M ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ESTROGEN; INFLUENZA VACCINE; NARCOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

EID: 0028919903     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-122-6-199503150-00004     Document Type: Article

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