Predictors of mortality in patients with Alzheimer's disease living in nursing homes

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-65

  Gambassi, Giovanni ^a,b   Landi, Francesco ^a   Lapane, Kate L ^b   Sgadari, Antonio ^a   Mor, Vincent ^b   Bernabei, Roberto ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Minimum data set; Mortality; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APHASIA; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CODING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0033026791     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.67.1.59     Document Type: Article

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