Comorbidity and drug use in cognitively impaired elderly living in long-term care

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 347-356

  Landi, Francesco ^a   Gambassi, Giovanni ^a,b,c   Lapane, Kate L ^b,c   Sgadari, Antonio ^a   Gifford, David ^b,c   Mor, Vincent ^b,c   Bernabei, Roberto ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Cognitive impairment; Comorbidity; Long term care; Minimum data set

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0031725586     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017087     Document Type: Article

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