Prevalence of dementia in Latin America: A collaborative study of population-based cohorts

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 622-630

  Nitrini, Ricardo ^a   Bottino, Cássio M C ^a   Albala, Cecilia ^b   Custodio Capuñay, Nilton Santos ^c   Ketzoian, Carlos ^d   Llibre Rodriguez, Juan J ^e   Maestre, Gladys E ^f,g   Ramos Cerqueira, Ana Teresa A ^h   Caramelli, Paulo ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c Clinica Internacional   (Peru)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA   (Uruguay)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS DE LA HABANA   (Cuba)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

^g Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^h SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

ⁱ FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Developing countries; Education; Epidemiology; Illiteracy; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE;

EID: 69549084574     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610209009430     Document Type: Review

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