Detection of dementia in primary care: The Linkoping study

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 223-229

  Ólafsdóttir, María ^b   Skoog, Ingmar ^a   Marcusson, Jan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Dementia; Detection; Prevalence; Primary care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE;

EID: 0342733374     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017241     Document Type: Article

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