Prevalence and incidence rates of dementia, and the relationship between these rates and mortality, were explored in a longitudinal population-based study of individuals aged 8 4 9 0 at baseline living in the municipality of Jonkoping, Sweden. The subjects were reexamined twice at 2-year intervals u
Incidence of dementia in a Munich community sample of the oldest old
✍ Scribed by M. M. Fichter; H. Schröppel; I. Meller
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 932 KB
- Volume
- 246
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1433-8491
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