Mortality in elderly Canadians with and without dementia: A 5-year follow-up

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 521-526

  Østbye, Truls ^a   Hill, Gerry ^b   Steenhuis, Runa ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Research Department   (Canada)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d Mount Saint Joseph Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0033546618     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.3.521     Document Type: Article

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