The prevalence of dementia and Alzheimer's disease in Shanghai, China: Impact of age, gender, and education

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 428-437

  Zhang, Mingyuan ^a   Katzman, Robert ^b   Salmon, David ^b   Jin, Hua ^a   Cai, Guojun ^a   Wang, Zhengyu ^a   Qu, Guangya ^a   Grant, Igor ^b   Yu, Elena ^c   Levy, Paul ^c   Klauber, Melville R ^b   Liu, William T ^c  

^a SHANGHAI MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHINA; DATA COLLECTION; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0025306076     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410270412     Document Type: Article

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