Incidence of Dementia and Alzheimer Disease in 2 Communities
Open Access
- 14 February 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 285 (6), 739-747
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.285.6.739
Abstract
Alzheimer disease (AD) represents a major public health problem for developed countries, including the United States.1,2 The impact of AD has not been studied as much in developing countries in which the growth of the proportion of elderly persons in the population is even greater than in developed countries.3Keywords
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