Subsyndromal delirium

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 320-329

  Levkoff, Sue E ^a   Liptzin, Benjamin ^a   Cleary, Paul D ^a   Wetle, Terrie ^a   Evans, Denis A ^a   Rowe, John W ^a   Lipsitz, Lewis A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

EID: 0029834399     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-199622440-00006     Document Type: Article

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