Dementia comes of age in the developing world

Lancet

Volumn 361, Issue 9361, 2003, Pages 888-889

  Kalaria, Raj N ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMENTIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0037444082     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)12783-3     Document Type: Note

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