Medication Management capacity in highly functioning community-living older adults: Detection of early deficits

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 592-596

  Edelberg, Helen K ^a   Shallenberger, Elizabeth ^a   Wei, Jeanne Y ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Drugs; Functional assessment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SCREENING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032938884     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb02574.x     Document Type: Article

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