Prevalence and pattern of cognitive impairment in rural and urban populations from Northern Portugal

BMC Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Nunes, Belina ^a,b   Silva, Ricardo D ^b   Cruz, Vitor T ^b,c   Roriz, Jose M ^a   Pais, Joana ^b,c   Silva, Maria C ^d  

^a HOSPITAL PEDRO HISPANO   (Portugal)

^b Centro de Estudos de Demências   (Portugal)

^c Hospital So Sebastio   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77953320734     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-10-42     Document Type: Article

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