Prevalence of Alzheimer's disease and other dementing disorders in an urban community of Beijing, China

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 194-200

  Wang, Wenzhi ^a   Shengping, Wu ^a   Cheng, Xueming ^a   Dai, Hanteng ^c   Ross, Kathryn ^c   Du, Xiaoli ^a   Yin, Wengang ^b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Engineering   (China)

^c OREGON DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Prevalence; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PREVALENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0343081062     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000026255     Document Type: Article

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