Prevalence of dementia in African-Caribbean compared with UK-born White older people: Two-stage cross-sectional study

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 119-125

  Adelman, Simon ^a   Blanchard, Martin ^a   Rait, Greta ^b   Leavey, Gerard ^c   Livingston, Gill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARIBBEAN REGION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; GUYANA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79960999119     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.110.086405     Document Type: Article

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