A randomized trial of dementia care in nursing homes

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-13

  Rovner, Barry W ^a,d   Steele, Cynthia D ^b   Shmuely, Yochi ^a   Folstein, Marshal F ^c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0030049764     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb05631.x     Document Type: Article

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