Predictors of mortality among demented elderly in primary care

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 946-956

  Schäufele, Martina ^a   Bickel, Horst ^b   Weyerer, Siegfried ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dementia; Predictors of mortality; Primary care; Prospective longitudinal design

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0344577896     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199911)14:11<946::AID-GPS45>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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