Weight loss precedes dementia in community-dwelling older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1147-1152

  Barrett Connor, Elizabeth ^a   Edelstein, Sharon L ^a   Corey Bloom, Jody ^b   Wiederholt, Wigbert C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0029846196     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb01362.x     Document Type: Article

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