The epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and natural history of older nursing home residents with a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 394-399

  Mitchell, Susan L ^a   Kiely, Dan K ^b   Kiel, Douglas P ^b   Lipsitz, Lewis A ^b  

^a RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 0029868064     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb06408.x     Document Type: Article

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