Assessment of agitation in Alzheimer's disease: The agitated behavior in dementia scale

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1354-1358

  Logsdon, Rebecca G ^a   Teri, Linda ^a   Weiner, Myron F ^b   Gibbons, Laura E ^a   Raskind, Murray ^a   Peskind, Elaine ^a   Grundman, Michael ^c   Koss, Elisabeth ^d   Thomas, Ronald G ^c   Thal, Leon J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agitation; Alzheimer's disease; Assessment; Dementia; Measurement

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGITATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0032744779     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb07439.x     Document Type: Article

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