Alzheimer's disease and mortality in traditional long-term care facilities

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 437-441

  Cereda, Emanuele ^a   Pedrolli, Carlo ^b   Zagami, Annunciata ^c   Vanotti, Alfredo ^d   Piffer, Silvano ^e   Faliva, Milena ^f   Rondanelli, Mariangela ^f   Caccialanza, Riccardo ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^b SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Fondazione Bellaria Onlus   (Italy)

^d ASL Como   (Italy)

^e Servizio Osservatorio Epidemiologico   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Long term care; Mortality; Prospective study

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

AGE; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALL CAUSE MORTALITY; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SURVIVAL TIME;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; ITALY; LONG-TERM CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84873438505     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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