Prevalence of dementia in an urban slum population in thailand: Validity of screening methods

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 1991, Pages 639-646

  Phanthumchinda, Kammant ^a   Jitapunkul, Sutthichai ^a   Sitthi‐amron, Chitr ^a   Bunnag, Srichitra C ^a   Ebrahim, Shah ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; dementia; developing countries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RELATIVE; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; THAILAND; URBAN POPULATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0025916771     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.930060905     Document Type: Article

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