Dementia in India - A critical appraisal

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 154-161

  Biswas, Atanu ^a   Chakraborty, Debashish ^a,b   Dutt, Aparna ^a,c   Roy, Trishit ^a  

^a BANGUR INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY   (India)

^b CSIR

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; APOLIPOPROTEIN E2; ESTROGEN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN INFECTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DEMENTIA; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DOWN SYNDROME; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GOVERNMENT; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INSURANCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALNUTRITION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSYPHILIS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; STROKE; SUPPLEMENTATION; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; THYROID DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST;

AGED; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 26944439765     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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