Prevalence rates for dementia and Alzheimer's disease in African Americans: 1992 versus 2001

Alzheimer's and Dementia

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 227-233

  Hall, Kathleen S ^a   Gao, Sujuan ^a   Baiyewu, Olusegun ^b   Lane, Kathleen A ^a   Gureje, Oye ^b   Shen, Jianzhao ^a,e   Ogunniyi, Adesola ^b   Murrell, Jill R ^a   Unverzagt, Frederick W ^a   Dickens, Jeanne ^a,c   Smith Gamble, Valerie ^a,d   Hendrie, Hugh C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c Madison Center   (United States)

^d RICHARD L ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Pharmaceutical Product Development   (United States)

Author keywords

1992 vs 2001; African Americans; Alzheimer's disease; Population based; Prevalence rates

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY SCREENING INTERVIEW FOR DEMENTIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIANA; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 65449147828     PISSN: 15525260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2009.01.026     Document Type: Article

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