An epidemiological study of dementia in a rural community in Kerala, India

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 168, Issue JUNE, 1996, Pages 745-749

  Shaji, S ^a   Promodu, K ^a   Abraham, Tony ^a   Roy, K Jacob ^b   Verghese, Abraham ^a  

^a N V P Medical Centre   (India)

^b Alzheimer's Related Disord Soc I   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RURAL AREA; SMOKING;

EID: 0029951415     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.168.6.745     Document Type: Article

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