Incidence of dementia and cause of death in elderly Japanese emigrants to Brazil before World War II

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-78

  Meguro, Kenichi ^a   Chubaci, Rosa Y S ^b   Meguro, Mitsue ^a   Kawamorida, Kazumi ^c   Goto, Nobuko ^d   Caramelli, Paulo ^e  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Japan Brazil Charity Association of São Paulo   (Brazil)

^d Miyagi Kenjinkai Association of Brazil   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Clinical dementia rating; Incidence of dementia; Japanese immigrants in Brazil

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAR;

AGED; BRAZIL; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMENTIA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; STROKE;

EID: 78649701205     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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