Cognitive impairment and dementia in elderly people living in rural Benin, West Africa

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-41

  Guerchet, Maëlenn ^a   Houinato, Dismand ^a,d   Paraiso, Moussiliou Noël ^a,e   Von Ahsen, Nicolas ^f   Nubukpo, Philippe ^a   Otto, Markus ^g   Clément, Jean Pierre ^a,b   Preux, Pierre Marie ^a   Dartigues, Jean François ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

^b Psychiatry Department   (Germany)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^e Regional Institute of Public Health   (Benin)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benin, West Africa; Cognitive impairment; Elderly population

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

AGED; AGING; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BENIN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCREENING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; BENIN; BLOOD PRESSURE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 58149234340     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000188661     Document Type: Article

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