Activities of daily living and global functioning

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages 225-229

  Inzitari, Domenico ^a   Basile, Anna Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Disability; Vascular cognitive impairment; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; BRAIN ATROPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0141708016     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610203009244     Document Type: Conference Paper

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