Fear of Alzheimer's disease in the French population: Impact of age and proximity to the disease

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 108-116

  Cantegreil Kallen, Inge ^a   Pin, Stàphanie ^b  

^a Paris Descartes University   (France)

^b National Institute for Prevention and Health Education   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; attitude; public; survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEAR; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 81955162959     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610211001529     Document Type: Article

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