Dementia and serious coexisting medical conditions: A double whammy

Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 561-579

  Maslow, Katie ^a  

^a ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CANCER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID METABOLISM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METABOLIC DISORDER; MOOD DISORDER; NURSING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; THYROID DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MEDICARE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4344628353     PISSN: 00296465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2004.02.011     Document Type: Review

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