Survival of people with clinical diagnosis of dementia in primary care: Cohort study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7768, 2010, Pages 337-

  Rait, Greta ^a   Walters, Kate ^b   Bottomley, Christian ^b   Petersen, Irene ^b   Iliffe, Steve ^b   Nazareth, Irwin ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77955903365     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c3584     Document Type: Article

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