Correlates of delayed referral for the diagnosis of dementia in an outpatient population

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2000, Pages

  Cattel, Caterina ^a   Gambassi, Giovanni ^a,b,c   Sgadari, Antonio ^a   Zuccalà, Giuseppe ^a   Carbonin, Pierugo ^a   Bernabei, Roberto ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0034022630     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/55.2.m98     Document Type: Article

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