Could self-neglect in older adults be a geriatric syndrome? [2]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1946-

  Esposito, David ^a   Corruble, Emmanuelle ^a   Hardy, Patrick ^a  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DEPRESSION; FRONTAL LOBE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GERIATRIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; LETTER; MISCONDUCT; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF NEGLECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN DISEASES; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CARE; SYNDROME;

EID: 33845493091     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00948.x     Document Type: Letter

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