Assessing correlates of concern about developing Aizheimer's dementia among adults with no family history of the disease

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 331-337

  Werner, Perla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARAB; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0036860650     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153331750201700609     Document Type: Article

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