A cross-cultural community based study of dementias: methods and performance of the survey instrument indianapolis, U.S.A., and Ibadan, Nigeria

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 129-142

  Hall, Kathleen S ^a   Ogunniyi, Adesola O ^b   Hendrie, Hugh C ^a   Osuntokun, Benjamin O ^a   Hui, Siu L ^b   Musick, Beverly S ^a   Rodenberg, Cynthia A ^a   Unverzagt, Frederick W ^a   Guerje, Oyewusi ^a   Baiyewu, Olusegun ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cross cultural; Epidemiology; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 10144222961     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1234-988X(199610)6:3<129::AID-MPR164>3.3.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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