Elderly Japanese emigrants to Brazil before World War II: I. Clinical profiles based on specific historical background

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 768-774

  Meguro, Mitsue ^a   Meguro, Kenichi ^b   Caramelli, Paulo ^c   Ishizaki, Junichi ^b   Ambo, Hideo ^a   Chubaci, Rosa Y S ^c   Hamada, Gerson S ^d   Nitrini, Ricardo ^c   Yamadori, Atsushi ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Nikkei Disease Prevention Center   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Clinical profile; History; Immigration; Transcultural study

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; ENVIRONMENT; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HEART DISEASE; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MORBIDITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; WAR;

EID: 0034852146     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.429     Document Type: Article

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