Low blood pressure and early death of elderly people with dementia

Lancet

Volumn 352, Issue 9133, 1998, Pages 1035-1036

  Guo, Zhenchao ^a   Viitanen, Matti ^b   Fratiglioni, Laura ^b   Winbland, Bengt ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMENTIA; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0032569464     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)60078-5     Document Type: Article

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