Prevalence and determinants of undetected dementia in the community: A systematic literature review and a meta-analysis

BMJ Open

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Lang, Linda ^a   Clifford, Angela ^a   Wei, Li ^b   Zhang, Dongmei ^c   Leung, Daryl ^d   Augustine, Glenda ^e   Danat, Isaac M ^a   Zhou, Weiju ^a   Copeland, John R ^f   Anstey, Kaarin J ^g   Chen, Ruoling ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d ROYAL WOLVERHAMPTON HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e WOLVERHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^g AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINA; COMMUNITY; DEMENTIA; EUROPE; EXAMINATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INDIA; MEDLINE; MENTAL HEALTH; META ANALYSIS; NORTH AMERICA; NURSING CARE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW; SCIENCEDIRECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEB OF SCIENCE; AGE; ASIA; INDEPENDENT LIVING; RESIDENTIAL HOME; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGE FACTORS; ASIA; DEMENTIA; EUROPE; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; NORTH AMERICA; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 85011590457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011146     Document Type: Review

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