Prevalence of severe dementia in Finland

Neurology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1985, Pages 1025-1029

  Sulkava, Raimo ^a   Wikström, Juhani ^a   Aromaa, Arpo ^b   Raitasalo, Raimo ^b   Lehtinen, Ville ^b   Lahtela, Kari ^b   Palo, Jorma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FINLAND; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0021875526     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.35.7.1025     Document Type: Article

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