An Empirical Study of Different Diagnostic Criteria for Delirium Among Elderly Medical Inpatients
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0895-0172,1545-7222
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.15.2.200