Prevalence of dementia in a rural setting: A report from India

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 702-707

  Rajkumar, S ^a,b   Kumar, Shuba ^b   Thara, R ^c  

^a GOVERNMENT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b MADRAS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Dementia; GMS AGECAT; Prevalence; Rural population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMENTIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0030857329     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199707)12:7<702::AID-GPS489>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Conference Paper

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