Ethnic differences in Singapore's dementia prevalence: The stroke, Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, and dementia in Singapore study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2061-2068

  Sahadevan, Suresh ^a   Saw, Seang Mei ^b   Gao, Wei ^c   Tan, Louis C S ^a   Chin, Jing Jih ^a   Hong, Ching Ye ^d   Venketasubramanian, Narayanaswamy ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Health Promotion Board Singapore   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chinese; Dementia; Indian; Malay; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EPILEPSY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENTAL TEST; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; STROKE;

EID: 55449127123     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01992.x     Document Type: Article

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