Knowledge of dementia among South Asian (Indian) older people in Manchester, UK

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 777-781

  Purandare, Nitin ^a   Luthra, Vikram ^a   Swarbrick, Caroline ^a   Burns, Alistair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caucasian; Dementia; Knowledge; Older people; South Asian

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; INDIAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPEECH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THINKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AWARENESS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DAY CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34548210353     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1740     Document Type: Article

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