Death certification in treated cases of presenile Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia in Scotland

Age and Ageing

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 401-406

  Thomas, Brenda M ^a   Starr, John M ^b   Whalley, Lawrence J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Death certificates; Presenile dementia; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEART DISEASE; HOME; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEOPLASM; NURSING HOME; OCCUPATION; PRESENILE DEMENTIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; UNITED KINGDOM; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; SCOTLAND;

EID: 0030866802     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/26.5.401     Document Type: Article

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