Dementia and disability: Impact on mortality - The Italian Longitudinal Study on Aging

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-14

  Noale, M ^a   Maggi, S ^a,d   Minicuci, N ^a   Marzari, C ^a   Destro, C ^a   Farchi, G ^b   Scafato, E ^b   Baldereschi, M ^c   Di Carlo, A ^c   Crepaldi, G ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Dementia; Disability; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEATH; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037269101     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069987     Document Type: Article

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