Survival in early onset dementia: Effects of urbanization and socio-economic deprivation

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 134-140

  Thomas, Brenda M ^a   Mc Gonigal, Gerard ^b   Mc Quade, Cecilia A ^a   Starr, John M ^b   Whatley, Lawrence J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer rsquo; s disease; Early onset dementia; Socio economic deprivation; Survival analysis; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0030994324     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109682     Document Type: Article

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