Marital Status, Dementia and Institutional Residence among Elderly Canadians: The Canadian Study of Health and Aging

Chronic Diseases in Canada

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 154-157

  Kristjansson, Betsy ^a   Helliwell, Barbara ^a   Forbes, William F ^b   Hill, Gerry B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Research Department   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Canada; Dementia institutionalization; Marital status

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MARRIAGE;

AGED; AGING; CANADA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0033257099     PISSN: 02288699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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