II. Ascertainment of a population of people with early-onset dementia in Lothian, Scotland

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 362-367

  Woodburn, Kirstie ^a   Johnstone, Eve ^b  

^a ROYAL EDINBURGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ascertainment; Dementia; Early onset; Presenile

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CODING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESENILE DEMENTIA; REGISTER; UNITED KINGDOM; ALCOHOL PSYCHOSIS; CLASSIFICATION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSES, ALCOHOLIC; REGISTRIES; SCOTLAND;

EID: 0032586904     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199905)14:5<362::AID-GPS914>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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