Mortality after a diagnosis of dementia in a population aged 75 and over in Spain

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 80-88

  Llinàs Regla, Jordi ^a   López Pousa, Secundino ^a,c   Vilalta Franch, Joan ^a   Garre Olmo, Josep ^a   Román, Gustavo C ^b  

^a Memory and Dementia Unit   (Spain)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Dementia; Elderly population, Spain; Mortality rates, dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION GROUPS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 46849101304     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000144088     Document Type: Article

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