Improving symptoms of senile dementia by a night-time spa bathing

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 267-273

  Deguchi, Akira ^a   Nakamura, Satoru ^a   Yoneyama, Sakae ^a   Hamaguchi, Hitoshi ^a   Kawamura, Yoichi ^a   Horio, Sakae ^b   Nishimoto, Yukio ^b   Saito, Yoshiko ^c   Deguchi, Katsumi ^c  

^a Oyamada Memorial Spa Hospital   (Japan)

^b Yokkaichi 512 1111   (Japan)

^c MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Night time bathing; Senile dementia; Spa bathing

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESSNESS; SENILE DEMENTIA; SLEEP; SPA TREATMENT;

EID: 0033990631     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4943(99)00039-4     Document Type: Article

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