Living unnoticed: Cognitive impairment in older people with multimorbidity

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 275-279

  Ekdahl, Anne W ^a   Odzakovic, E ^b   Hellstrom I ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cognitive decline; dementia; Multimorbidity; under diagnosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ICD-10; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; COMORBIDITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84959576616     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-015-0580-2     Document Type: Article

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