The effect of music on caloric consumption among nursing home residents with dementia of the alzheimer's type

Activities, Adaptation and Aging

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-16

  Thomas, David W ^a   Smith, Martha ^a  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agitation; Dementia; Familiar music; Implicit memory; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450180083     PISSN: 01924788     EISSN: 15444368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01924780902718566     Document Type: Article

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