The attitude of elderly lay people towards the symptoms of dementia

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 251-258

  Şahin, Huseyin A ^a   Gurvit, I Hakan ^b   Emre, Murat ^b   Hanagasi, Hasmet A ^b   Bilgic, Basar ^b   Harmanci, Hande ^c  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aging; Attitude; Dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; PREVALENCE; TURKEY;

EID: 33744799978     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610205002784     Document Type: Article

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