Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Volume 22, Issue 6 , Pages 318-327 , December 2008

Premorbid Characteristics and Wandering Behavior in Persons with Dementia

  • Jun-Ah Song

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding Author: Jun-Ah Song, PhD, RN, Korea University College of Nursing, 5 Ga Anam-dong, Sungbuk-ku, Seoul 136-705, South Korea.
  • ,
  • Donna Algase

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doi: 10.1016/j.apnu.2007.10.008

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Volume 22, Issue 6 , Pages 318-327 , December 2008