Dementia is the major cause of functional dependence in the elderly: 3- year follow-up data from a population-based study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1452-1456

  Agüero Torres, Hedda ^a   Fratiglioni, Laura ^a   Guo, Zhenchao ^a   Viitanen, Matti ^a   Von Strauss, Eva ^a   Winblad, Bengt ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0031695094     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.10.1452     Document Type: Article

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