Methodological issues for population-based research into dementia in developing countries: A position paper from the 10/66 Dementia Research Group

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-30

  Prince, M ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; INDIA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REVIEW;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHINA; DEMENTIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; THAILAND;

EID: 0342614945     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(200001)15:1<21::AID-GPS71>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Review

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