Baseline instrumental activities of daily living and incident dementia

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1189-1190

  Regal, Paul ^a   Heatherington, Eileen ^a  

^a Wyong Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84862196084     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.03986.x     Document Type: Letter

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