An estimate of the prevalence of dementia among community-dwelling elderly in Israel

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 294-299

  Wertman, Eli ^a   Brodsky, Jenny ^a   King, Yaron ^a,b   Bentur, Netta ^a   Chekhmir, Svetlana ^a  

^a HERZOG HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b MYERS JDC BROOKDALE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Community; Dementia; Elderly; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL WORK;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34748865435     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000107593     Document Type: Article

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