Nursing home residents with Alzheimer’s disease in special care units compared to other residents with Alzheimer’s disease

Dementia

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 249-267

  Buchanan, Robert J ^a   Choi, Maryann ^b   Wang, Suojin ^c   ju, Hyunsu ^c   Graber, David ^d  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Minimum Data Set; nursing facilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993808245     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301205051095     Document Type: Article

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