Cognitive and functional status of the oldest old

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 671-674

  Corey Bloom, Jody ^a,d   Wiederholt, Wigbert C ^a   Edelstein, Sharon ^b   Salmon, David P ^a   Cahn, Deborah ^b,c   Barrett Connor, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TEST; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 0030009857     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb01830.x     Document Type: Article

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