Vascular dementia among elderly Arabs in Wadi Ara

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 203-204, Issue , 2002, Pages 73-76

  Bowirrat, Abdalla ^a   Friedland, Robert P ^b   Korczyn, Amos D ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Epidemiology; Illiteracy; Risk factors; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARAB; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; ARABS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0037111345     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(02)00269-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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