Exposure to anaesthetic agents, cognitive functioning and depressive symptomatology in the elderly

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 178, Issue APR., 2001, Pages 360-366

  Ancelin, M L ^a   De Roquefeuil, G ^a   Ledesert B ^a   Bonnel, F ^a   Cheminal, J C ^a   Ritchie, K ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035075294     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.178.4.360     Document Type: Article

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