Cognitive impairment and medical illness in chinese nonagenarians and centenarians

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 734-736

  Ji Rong, Yue ^a   Bi Rong, Dong ^a   Chang Quan, Huang ^a   Hong Mei, Wu ^a   Lang Li, Gao ^a   Qing Xiu, Liu ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Third Hospital of Mianyang   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHRITIS; CHINESE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LETTER; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 63849290316     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02206.x     Document Type: Letter

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