Three millennia of delirium research: Moving beyond echoes of the past

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1382-

  Francis, Joseph ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CAREGIVER; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DRUG USE; EDITORIAL; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; SLEEP DISORDER;

EID: 0032718405     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb07446.x     Document Type: Editorial

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