Impacts of Illiteracy on the Risk of Dementia: A Global Health Perspective
- 13 July 2016
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease
- Vol. 53 (2) , 731-741
Abstract
Despite its significance as a contributing factor for late-life dementia risk, illiteracy is frequently underappreciated in the management of dementia. In this study, we estimated the proportion of dementia cases attributable to illiteracy using theKeywords
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