Cognitive and functional status of the Japanese oldest old

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 385-386

  Matsubayashi, Kozo ^a   Okumiya, Kiyohito ^a   Wada, Tomoko ^a   Osaki, Yasushi ^a   Doi, Yoshinori ^a   Ozawa, Toshio ^b  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NOTE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 0031093216     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb00963.x     Document Type: Letter

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