Prevalence of dementia in a Senegalese elderly population;Prévalence de la démence dans une population de personnes âgées Sénégalaises

African Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Touré, Kamadore ^a   Coumé, Mamadou ^b   Ndiaye Ndongo, Diale ^b   Thiam, Mamadou Habib ^b   Zunzunegui, Maria Victoria ^c   Bacher, Yves ^d   Taldia, Anta ^e   Gueye, Lamine ^b   Sene Diouf, Fatou ^b   Ndiaye, Moustapha ^b   Thiam, Alé ^b   Diop, Amadou Gallo ^b   Ndiaye, Mouhamadou Mansour ^b  

^a Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine   (Senegal)

^b Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dakar   (Senegal)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Dementia; Elderly person; Prevalence; Senegal

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CATARACT; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SENEGAL; SMOKING; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 70349406794     PISSN: 10158618     EISSN: 10158618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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