Practical issues in cognitive screening of elderly illiterate populations in developing countries. The Indo-US Cross-National Dementia Epidemiology Study

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 349-357

  Chandra, V ^a,c,f   Ganguli, M ^b,c   Ratcliff, G ^b,d   Pandav, R ^a   Sharma, S ^a   Belle, S ^c   Ryan, C ^b   Baker, C ^d   DeKosky, S ^b   Nath, L ^e  

^a Centre for Ageing Research in India   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^f Center for Policy Research   (India)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cognitive screening instrument; Dementia; Developing countries; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

AGE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMENTIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; HEARING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INTERVIEW; PSYCHOMETRY; READING; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; STAFF TRAINING; UNITED STATES; VISION;

EID: 0032424527     PISSN: 03949532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03339881     Document Type: Article

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