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  1. Vitamin D deficiency was common among nursing home residents and associated with dementia: a cross sectional study of 545 Swedish nursing home residents 2017-10-10
  2. Polypharmacy and mortality among nursing home residents with advanced cognitive impairment: results from the SHELTER study 2013-05-04

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Date range

2013 to 2017

Top journals

  • BMC geriatrics 1
  • Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 1

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  1. Vitamin D deficiency was common among nursing home residents and associated with dementia: a cross sectional study of 545 Swedish nursing home residents

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. BMC geriatrics 2017-10-10 Biomarkers

    Vitamin D deficiency was common among nursing home residents and strongly associated with dementia.

  2. Polypharmacy and mortality among nursing home residents with advanced cognitive impairment: results from the SHELTER study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2013-05-04 Drug development

    Polypharmacy is associated with increased mortality in NH residents with advanced cognitive impairment at the end of life.

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