Cognitive impairment among the elderly malays living in rural Malaysia

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 186-189

  Rashid, A K ^a   Azizah, A M ^b   Rohana, S ^c  

^a PENANG MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Malaysia)

^b State Health Department   (Malaysia)

^c HOSPITAL PULAU PINANG   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Malays; Malaysia; Rural

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGLE MAN; UNEMPLOYMENT; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84866440165     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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