Dementia - Epidemiological considerations, nomenclature, and a tacit consensus definition

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 129-136

  Breitner, John C S ^a,b  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Definition; Dementia; Epidemiology; Neuropathology; Syndrome

Indexed keywords

AGE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONSENSUS; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC RISK; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; NOMENCLATURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYNDROME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TERMINOLOGY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 33746614658     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: 15525708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891988706291081     Document Type: Review

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