Prevalence of dementia and its subtypes in the Japanese American population of King County, Washington State: The Kame project

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 144, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 760-771

  Graves, A B ^a   Larson, E B ^b   Edland, S D ^b   Bowen, J D ^b   McCormick, W C ^b   McCurry, S M ^c   Rice, M M ^b   Wenzlow, A ^d   Uomoto, J M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e SHEPHERD CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; cross cultural comparison; dementia; dementia, multi infarct; prevalence

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029800361     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009000     Document Type: Article

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