Dementia mortality in the United States: Results of the 1986 National Mortality Followback Survey

Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 362-367

  Lanska, Douglas J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LEXINGTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031911008     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.50.2.362     Document Type: Article

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