Prevalence of dementia in ethnic Dogra population of Jammu district, North India: A comparison survey

Neurology Asia

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-69

  Raina, Sunil Kumar ^a   Razdan, Sushil ^a   Pandita, K K ^a  

^a Acharya Shri Chander College of Medical Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MIGRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 77953151176     PISSN: 18236138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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