Factors associated with cognitive impairment among older Italian inpatients

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1324-1330

  Cattin, Luigi ^a,e   Bordin, Paolo ^a   Fonda, Maurizio ^a   Adamo, Claudia ^a   Barbone, Fabio ^b   Bovenzi, Massimo ^a   Manto, Andrea ^c,d   Pedone, Claudio ^c,d   Pahor, Marco ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CHOLESTEROL;

AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ITALY; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING;

EID: 0030690043     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb02931.x     Document Type: Article

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