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]
Other Titles
La démence du grand âge : recherche et action : rapport d' un Groupe scientifique de l' OMS sur la démence sénile [réuni à Paris du 30 août au 5 de septembre de 1983]La demencia en la edad avanzada : investigación y acción : informe de un Grupo Científico de la OMS sobre Demencia Senil [se reunió en París, 30 de agosto - 5 de septiembre de 1983]
Abstract
Reports 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 includedCitation
WHO Scientific Group on Senile Dementia & World Health Organization. (1986). 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]. World Health Organization. https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/41723
Relation
World Health Organization technical report series ; no. 730
Description
Working documents issued under no. IRP/ADR/117(01)Russian version of nos. 728-749 bound together (barcode no. 00073792)
Bibliography: p.64-74
74 p.
ISBN
9241207302Language
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