Records of dementia: The situation in Catalonia at present;Registros de demencias: Situacion actual en Cataluna

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 27, Issue 155, 1998, Pages 96-101

  Lopez Pousa S ^a   Pujol Gomez C ^b  

^a HOSPITAL SANTA CATERINA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dementia; Epidemiology; Programme Vida als Anys; Record

Indexed keywords

DATA BASE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER;

AGED; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SPAIN;

EID: 0032111608     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.27155.97343     Document Type: Review

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