Anemia and dementia among the elderly: The São Paulo Ageing & Health Study

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-81

  Santos, Itamar S ^a   Scazufca, Márcia ^a   Lotufo, Paulo A ^a   Menezes, Paulo R ^a   Benseñor, Isabela M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

developing country; epidemiology; medical comorbidity; mental state examination

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; COGNITION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RISK; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANEMIA; BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 81955160726     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610211001724     Document Type: Article

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