Public knowledge and beliefs about dementia risk reduction: A national survey of Australians

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Smith, Ben J ^a   Ali, Suha ^b   Quach, Henry ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Alzheimer's Australia (Victoria)   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive health; Dementia; Health behaviours; Health promotion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMENTIA; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; DEMENTIA; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902920453     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-661     Document Type: Article

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