Knowledge of Alzheimer's disease and subjective memory impairment in Latin American seniors in the Greater Toronto Area

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 966-969

  Fornazzari, L ^a,b,c   Fischer, C ^a,b,c   Hansen, T ^b,c   Ringer, L ^a,b,c  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aged; Canada; Dementia; Education; Elderly; Ethnic; Hispanic; Ontario

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANADA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; AWARENESS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

ACCULTURATION; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AWARENESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 70350518660     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610209990433     Document Type: Article

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