The treatment of sundowning: A selective review of pharmacological and nonpharmacological studies

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 10-17

  McGaffigan, Sandy ^a   Bliwise, Donald L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CLOMETHIAZOLE; CLOZAPINE; MELATONIN; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; TRYPTOPHAN;

AGITATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DEMENTIA; DROWSINESS; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 0031018422     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00002512-199710010-00002     Document Type: Review

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