Survival in end-stage dementia following acute illness

JAMA

Volumn 284, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-52

  Morrison, R Sean ^a   Sui, Albert L ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0343303352     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.284.1.47     Document Type: Article

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