Natural history of aggressive behaviour in dementia

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 541-548

  Keene, Janet ^a,b   Hope, Tony ^a   Fairburn, Christopher G ^b   Jacoby, Robin ^a   Gedling, Kathy ^a   Ware, Christopher J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Aggressive behaviour; Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Longitudinal study; Natural history

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGGRESSION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; COGNITION; FOLLOW UP; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGGRESSION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0032799631     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199907)14:7<541::AID-GPS961>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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