Eastwood M R, Rifat S L, Roberts D
Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 1991;240(4-5):207-11. doi: 10.1007/BF02189528.
In this brief review, the epidemiology of dementia in North America is examined. The areas covered are prevalence and incidence studies, longitudinal studies, risk factors, distribution of types of dementia, cross-cultural factors and current research programmes.
