A survey of voter participation by cognitively impaired elderly patients

Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1546-1548

  Ott, Brian R ^a,c   Heindel, William C ^b   Papandonatos, George D ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038559486     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000061481.46191.75     Document Type: Review

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