The associations between social, built and geophysical environment and age-specific dementia mortality among older adults in a high-density Asian city

The associations between social, built and geophysical environment and age-specific dementia mortality among older adults in a high-density Asian city

Abstract Background Although socio-environmental factors which may affect dementia have widely been studied, the mortality of dementia and socio-environmental relationships among older adults have seldom been discussed. Method A retrospective, observational study based on territory-wide register-bas...

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Main Authors: Hung Chak Ho, Kenneth N. K. Fong, Ta-Chien Chan, Yuan Shi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-12-01
Series:International Journal of Health Geographics
Subjects:
Dementia
Mortality
Built environment
Social environment
Geophysical environment
Age-specific
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12942-020-00252-y

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12942-020-00252-y

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