Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 52, Issue 4 , Pages 273-280 , April 1999

Predictors of Mortality in Nursing Home Residents

  • Jiska Cohen-Mansfield

      Affiliations

    • Research Institute of the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington, Rockville, MD USA
    • Department of Health Care Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Jiska Cohen-Mansfield, Research Institute of the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington, 6121 Montrose Road, Rockville, MD 20852
    • ,
  • Marcia S. Marx

      Affiliations

    • Research Institute of the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington, Rockville, MD USA
    • ,
  • Steven Lipson

      Affiliations

    • Hebrew Home of Greater Washington, Rockville, MD USA
    • ,
  • Perla Werner

      Affiliations

    • Haifa University, Haifa, Israel

,Accepted 6 November 1998.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 52, Issue 4 , Pages 273-280 , April 1999

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