Investigation of senile dementia in Qingdao

• Published in: Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences Vol. 52; no. S6; pp. S295 - S296
• Main Authors: WANG, JIANYI, YU, JIANHUA, PAN, SHUZHEN, NI, BAOLAN
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.1998
• Subjects: Activities of Daily Living - classification; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Alzheimer Disease - diagnosis; Alzheimer Disease - epidemiology; Alzheimer Disease - genetics; Alzheimer's disease; China - epidemiology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Dementia - diagnosis; Dementia - epidemiology; Dementia - genetics; Dementia, Multi-Infarct - diagnosis; Dementia, Multi-Infarct - epidemiology; Dementia, Multi-Infarct - genetics; drink; epidemiology; Female; Geriatric Assessment - statistics & numerical data; Home Nursing - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Incidence; Male; MID; MMSE; senile dementia; Urban Population - statistics & numerical data; China

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