Sociodemographic factors associated with incidence of dementia among senior citizens of a small town in Japan

Care Management Journals

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 159-165

  Arai, Asuna ^a   Katsumata, Yuriko ^a   Konno, Keita ^a   Tamashiro, Hiko ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dementia; Incidence rate; Senior citizens; Sociodemographic factor

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOLOGY; SPOUSE; STROKE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 23144437762     PISSN: 15210987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/cmaj.2004.5.3.159     Document Type: Article

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