Future research on dementia relating to culturally and linguistically diverse communities

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 144-148

  Low, Lee Fay ^a   Draper, Brian ^a,b   Cheng, Ada ^c   Cruysmans, Benedict ^d   Hayward Wright, Nicky ^d   Jeon, Yun Hee ^e   Logiudice, Dina ^f   Wu, Helen Zong Ying ^a   Zogalis, Georgia ^g   Brodaty, Henry ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Australian Nursing Home Foundation   (Australia)

^d Alzheimer's Australia New South Wales   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g Multicultural Mental Health Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Ethnic groups; Research priorities

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; RESEARCH; STATISTICS;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; RESEARCH;

EID: 69649104889     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2009.00373.x     Document Type: Article

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