The association of serum anticholinergic activity with delirium in elderly medical patients

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-41

  Flacker, Jonathan M ^a,b   Cummings, Virginia ^a   Mach Jr , John R ^a   Bettin, Kris ^a   Kiely, Dan K ^a   Wei, Jeanne ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031976089     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-199802000-00005     Document Type: Article

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