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Life Sciences
New life sciences study findings recently were published by researchers at Duke University, Department of Medicine
July 15th, 2007
Current study results from the report, "The combined effect of visual impairment and cognitive impairment on disability in older people," have been published. "To determine the risk of disability in individuals with coexisting visual and cognitive impairment and to compare the magnitude of risk associated with visual impairment, cognitive impairment, or the multimorbidity. Prospective cohort. North Carolina. Three thousand eight hundred seventy-eight participants in the North Carolina Established for the Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly with nonmissing visual status, cognitive status, and disability status data at baseline Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (cognitive...
Source: Aging & Elder Health Week (2007-07-15)
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