The detection of dementia in the primary care setting

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 2964-2968

  Valcour, Victor G ^a,c   Masaki, Kamal H ^a,b,c   Curb, J David ^a,b   Blanchette, Patricia Lanoie ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b PACIFIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c KUAKINI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE;

EID: 0034706426     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.160.19.2964     Document Type: Article

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