Prevalence of dementia among Kashmiri migrants

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 106-108

  Raina, Sunil ^a   Razdan, Sushil ^a   Pandita, Kamal ^a   Raina, Sujeet ^b,c  

^a Acharya Shree Chander College of Medical Sciences   (India)

^b INDIRA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c Fire Officers Building ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Dementia; Kashmiri migrants; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 47849128746     PISSN: 09722327     EISSN: 19983549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-2327.41878     Document Type: Article

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