Social and environmental contributants to delirium in the elderly

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 350-352

  Eriksson, Sture ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environmental factor; Risk factors of delirium; Social factor

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; DELIRIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRESS;

AGED; DELIRIUM; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0032814921     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017169     Document Type: Conference Paper

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