## Abstract ## Objectives The present crossβsectional study analyzed the prevalence and severity of depressive symptoms among patients with Alzheimer's disease (DAT), vascular dementia (VAD), and among the cognitively normal elderly. Putative risk factors contributing to depression were likewise e
Physician outpatient contacts and hospitalizations among cognitively impaired elderly
β Scribed by Eilon Caspi; Nina M. Silverstein; Frank Porell; Ngai Kwan
- Book ID
- 118463810
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 162 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1552-5260
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