Low blood pressure and dementia in elderly people: The Kungsholmen project

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7034, 1996, Pages 805-808

  Guo, Zhenchao ^a   Viitanen, Matti ^a   Fratiglioni, Laura ^a   Winblad, Bengt ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0029962107     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7034.805     Document Type: Article

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