Geriatric medicine

JAMA

Volumn 275, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 1812-1813

  Applegate, William B ^a   Burns, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; TAU PROTEIN;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENE MUTATION; GERIATRICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0029952422     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.275.23.1812     Document Type: Short Survey

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