Comparison of Alzheimer's Disease in Native Americans and Whites

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 367-375

  Weiner, Myron F ^a,b   Rosenberg, Roger N ^b   Svetlik, Doris ^a   Hynan, Linda S ^a   Womack, Kyle B ^a,b   White III, Charles ^b   Good, Shane ^c   Fuller, Carey ^c   Wharton, David ^d   Richter, Ralph ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Urban lntertribal Center   (United States)

^d Choctaw Nation Health Care Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cherokee; Choctaw; Comparison; Native American; Whites

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; ONSET AGE; POPULATION GENETICS; PREVALENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL TIME; UNITED STATES;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OKLAHOMA; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS;

EID: 10744224061     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104161020300961X     Document Type: Article

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