Living alone with Alzheimer's disease: Cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis in the REAL.FR study

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-120

  Nourhashemi, F ^a,b   Amouyal Barkate, K ^a   Gillette Guyonnet, S ^a,b   Cantet, C ^b   Vellas, B ^a,b  

^a CHU PURPAN   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Living alone; Outcome

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 16444382523     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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