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040			_aISI Library _bEnglish
082	0	4	_a100 SD:610.621 _bWHO.Tr.730
110	1		_aWHO Scientific Group on Senile Dementia
245	1	0	_aDementia 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
260			_aGeneva : _bWorld Health Organization, _c1986
300			_a74 Pages; _c20 cm.
490	0		_aWorld Health Organization technical report series ; no. 730
505	0		_a1. 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
520			_aReports the work of a scientific group convened to review biomedical and health service research on demential disorders in old people. Research strategies for improving knowledge of etiology, treatment, and prevention are stressed throughout. Specific problems include the need to establish core diagnostic criteria, the effective use of epidemiological investigations to increase scientific knowledge, the definition of appropriate support systems for coping with dementia, and strategies for promoting interdisciplinary and intercountry collaborative research. The most extensive section covers the many lines of investigation focused on determining the causes of Alzheimers disease, including present and recommended research in the fields of neuropathology, neurochemistry, neurophysiology, cell biology and molecular biology. Close to 200 references are included
650		4	_aDementia
650		4	_aHealth of Special Groups
710	1		_aWorld Health Organization
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