Reporting of dementia on death certificates: A community study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 842-849

  Ganguli, Mary ^a   Rodriguez, Eric G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Epidemiology; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

EID: 0032771252     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb03842.x     Document Type: Article

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