## Abstract ## Aims Elderly people with dementia are at increased risk of falls and intervention trials to prevent falls have failed to demonstrate clinical effectiveness in this population. This study evaluates the role of urinary incontinence as a fall risk factor in older patients with dementia
NMS in the elderly–an under-recognized problem
✍ Scribed by Gerard Addonizio
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 146 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-6230
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