Dementia in later life : research and action, report of a WHO Scientific Group on Senile Dementia, meeting held in Paris from 30 August to 5 September 1983
74 Pages; 20 cm. - (World Health Organization technical report series ; no. 730 ) Content notes : 1. Introduction -- 2. Diagnostic considerations -- 3. The burden of the dementias -- 4. The epidemiology of senile dementia -- 5. Alzheimer's disease : The search for causes -- 6. Prevention and treatment -- 7. Coping with dementia -- 8. International collaborative research on dementias -- 9. Conclusions and overall strategic issues -- Acknowledgements -- References Health of Special Groups
