Underlying cause of death in demented and non-demented elderly Canadians

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 75-84

  Chamandy, Nicholas ^a,b   Wolfson, Christina ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cause of death; CSHA; Dementia; Elderly; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEOPLASM; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 22544458471     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086287     Document Type: Article

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