The loss of independence in activities of daily living: The role of low normal cognitive function in elderly nuns

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 62-66

  Greiner, Philip A ^a,b   Snowdon, David A ^a,b   Schmitt, Frederick A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLERGY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

EID: 0030034392     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.1.62     Document Type: Article

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