Estimated Prevalence of Dementia Among Elderly Black and White Community Residents

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 594-598

  Heyman, Albert ^a   Fillenbaum, Gerda ^a   Prosnitz, Bea ^a   Raiford, Kate ^a   Burchett, Bruce ^b   Clark, Chris ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GRADUATE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE;

AGED; BLACKS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; WHITES;

EID: 0025736642     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1991.00530180046016     Document Type: Article

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