Dementia disorders in a birth cohort followed from age 85 to 88: The influence of mortality, refusal rate, and diagnostic change on prevalence

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-23

  Aevarsson, Ólafur ^a   Skoog, Ingmar ^b  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031002393     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104161029700416X     Document Type: Article

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