The national dementia strategy in Japan

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 896-899

  Arai, Yumiko ^a   Arai, Asuna ^a   Mizuno, Yoko ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMNESIA; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMENTIA; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; JAPAN; LONG TERM CARE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NOTE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL CARE; STANDARDIZATION;

AGED; DEMENTIA; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; JAPAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77956551566     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2589     Document Type: Note

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