Screening for Cognitive Impairment in the Older Adult

Nurse Practitioner

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2001, Pages

  Lang, Mary Margaret ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035515516     PISSN: 03611817     EISSN: 15388662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006205-200111000-00005     Document Type: Article

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