Identifying dementia in the primary care practice

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 483-493

  Solomon, Paul R ^a,b,d   Brush, Michael ^a   Calvo, Vivian ^a   Adams, Felicity ^a   Deveaux, Richard D ^a   Pendlebury, William W ^b,d   Sullivan, Daniel M ^c  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c Williamstown Medical Associates   (United States)

^d Southwestern Vermont Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCREENING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0034480980     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610200006608     Document Type: Article

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