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Outcomes of Antipsychotic Drug Use in Community-Dwelling Elders With Dementia

✍ Scribed by Ann Kolanowski; Donna Fick; Jennifer L. Waller; Frank Ahern

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2006
Tongue: English
Weight: 134 KB
Volume: 20
Category: Article
ISSN: 1532-8228
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2006.04.004

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