Prevalence and subtypes of dementia in a rural Chinese population

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 127-134

  Liu, Hsiu Chih ^a   Fuh, Jong Ling ^a   Wang, Shuu Jiun ^a   Liu, Chia Yih ^b   Larson, Eric B ^c   Lin, Ker Neng ^d   Wang, Hsiao Chien ^e   Wu, Zin An ^a   Lin, Cheng Huai ^f   Wang, Pei Ning ^b  

^a Pesus Chou ^*

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c National Yang Ming University School of Medicine   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Chinese; Dementia; Illiteracy; Prevalence; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHINA; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032420271     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002093-199809000-00002     Document Type: Article

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