Dementia literacy: Recognition and beliefs on dementia of the Australian public

Alzheimer's and Dementia

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-49

  Low, Lee Fay ^a   Anstey, Kaarin Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitude to health; Dementia; Health promotion; Risk reduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMMUNITY LIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH FOOD; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOM SAMPLE; RISK REDUCTION; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VIGNETTE;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; DATA COLLECTION; DEMENTIA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 58049161307     PISSN: 15525260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2008.03.011     Document Type: Article

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