Impact of Anticholinergic Burden on Cognitive Performance: A Cohort Study of Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom.
² Department of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT; Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
⁴ Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand; Burwood Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand.
⁵ Kolling Institute, Royal North Shore Hospital and Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
⁶ Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Prasad S Nishtala et al. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2020 Sep.

. 2020 Sep;21(9):1357-1358.e3.

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2020.03.027. Epub 2020 May 10.

¹ Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom.
² Department of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT; Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
⁴ Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand; Burwood Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand.
⁵ Kolling Institute, Royal North Shore Hospital and Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
⁶ Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.

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