Sociodemographic risk factors and correlates of dementia in older Malaysians

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 533-539

  Hamid, Tengku Aizan ^a   Krishnaswamy, Saroja ^b   Abdullah, Siti Suhailah ^a   Momtaz, Yadollah Abolfathi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dementia; Older Malaysians; Prevalence; Sociodemographic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STROKE; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN AREA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79251468800     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321672     Document Type: Article

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