Understanding dementia prevalence among centenarians

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 67 A, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 358-365

  Poon, Leonard W ^a   Woodard, John L ^b   Stephen Miller, L ^c   Green, Robert ^d   Gearing, Marla ^e   Davey, Adam ^f   Arnold, Jonathan ^c   Martin, Peter ^g   Siegler, Ilene C ^h   Nahapetyan, Lusine ^a   Kim, Young Sek ⁱ   Markesbery, William ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Harvard University Medical School ^*  (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ Dong Eui University   (South Korea)

^j UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Centenarians; Dementia prevalence; Validation

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFUSION; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFUSION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84859084980     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glr250     Document Type: Article

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