Psychotrauma related to war and exile as a risk factor for the development of dementia of Alzheimer's type in refugees

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 273-276

  Folnegović Šmalc, Vera ^a   Folnegović, Zdenko ^b   Uzun, Suzana ^a   Vilibić, Maja ^a   Dujmić, Slavko ^c   Makarić, Goran ^a  

^a Referentni centar za Alzheimerovu bolest i psihijatriju sta rijeivo t ne dobi   (Croatia)

^b CROATIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Croatia)

^c Rab Psychiatry Hospital   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Refugees; War

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REFUGEE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; WAR;

EID: 0030984103     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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