Cognitive impairment and survival in very elderly people

BMJ

Volumn 316, Issue 7145, 1998, Pages 1673-

  Forster, Pete ^a   Heckford, Emma ^a   Huckler, Claire ^a   Keong, Nicole ^a   al Khabaz, Ahmed ^a   Rozzini, Renzo ^b   Franzoni, Simone ^c   Frisoni, Giovanni B ^d   Trabucchi, Marco ^d   Gussekloo, J ^e   Remarque, E J ^e   Lagaay, A M ^e   Knook, D L ^e   Westendorp, R G J ^e   Heeren, T J ^f  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Poliambulanza Hospital   (Italy)

^c Richiedei Hospital   (United States)

^d SVAMC   (United States)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCREENING TEST; SURVIVAL;

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032580757     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.316.7145.1673     Document Type: Letter

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