Hospitalization and Alzheimer's disease: Results from a community-based study

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1999, Pages

  Albert, Steven M ^a   Costa, Rosann ^a   Merchant, Carol ^a   Small, Scott ^a   Jenders, Robert A ^a   Stern, Yaakov ^a  

^a The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032977101     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/54.5.M267     Document Type: Article

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