Prevalence of cognitive impairment in an urban Hispanic community population [5]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 977-978

  Crisostomo, Paul R ^a   Butler, Katherine A ^a   Webster, James R ^a   Moran, Maureen B ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHICAGO; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0036247070     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50237.x     Document Type: Letter

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