Cognitive impairment and risk of stroke in the older population

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 237-241

  Ferrucci, Luigi ^a,b,d   Guralnik, Jack M ^b   Salive, Marcel E ^b   Pahor, Marco ^c   Corti, Maria Chiara ^b   Baroni, Alberto ^a   Havlik, Richard J ^b  

^a Italian National Institute of Optics   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE;

EID: 0029964287     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb00908.x     Document Type: Article

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