Prevalence and incidence of Alzheimers disease and other dementing disorders in Pylea, Greece

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 138-148

  Tsolaki, Magda ^a   Fountoulakis, Constantinos ^a   Pavlopoulos, Ilias ^a   Chatzi, Eleni ^a   Kazis, A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0033059111     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153331759901400308     Document Type: Article

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