Dementia in developing countries: Does education play the same role in India as in the West?
ABSTRACT Evidence suggests that education protects from dementia by enhancing cognitive reserve. However, this may be influenced by several socio-demographic factors. Rising numbers of dementia in India, high levels of illiteracy and heterogeneity in socio-demographic factors provide an opportunity...
Main Authors: | Gowri K. Iyer, Suvarna Alladi, Thomas H. Bak, Mekala Shailaja, Annapurna Mamidipudi, Amulya Rajan, Divyaraj Gollahalli, Jaydip Ray Chaudhuri, Subhash Kaul |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento
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Series: | Dementia & Neuropsychologia |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642014000200132&lng=en&tlng=en |
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