Memory problems among elderly patients in general practice: The importance of caregiver information;Hukommelsesproblemer blandt ældre patienter i almen praksis: Betydning af pårørendeoplysninger

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 168, Issue 40, 2006, Pages 3420-3424

  Waldorff, Frans Boch ^a   Haugbølle, Nils Wolff ^a   Møller, Hans Christian ^a   Rishøj, Susanne ^a   Waldemar, Gunhild ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; AGED; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33749550853     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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