Vascular dementia versus dementia of Alzheimer's type: Do they have differential effects on caregivers' burden?

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1999, Pages

  Vetter, Peter H ^a   Krauss, Silke ^a   Steiner, Olaf ^a   Kropp, Peter ^a   Möller, Wulf D ^a   Moises, Hans W ^a   Köller, Olaf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0032937298     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/54B.2.S93     Document Type: Article

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