The prevalence of dementia in an urban Turkish population

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-76

  Gurvit, H ^a   Emre, M ^a   Tinaz, S ^a,d   Bilgic, B ^a,e   Hanagasi, H ^a   Sahin, H ^a,f   Gurol, E ^a,g   Kvaloy, J T ^b   Harmanci, H ^c  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^c MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Istanbul Science University   (Turkey)

^f ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^g UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Epidemiology; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN POPULATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; MASS SCREENING; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STATISTICS;

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; TURKEY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 42949166721     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533317507310570     Document Type: Article

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