Cause of death in Alzheimer's disease

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 195-200

  Beard, C Mary ^a   Kokmen, Emre ^a   Sigler, Cathy ^b   Smith, Glenn E ^a   Petterson, Tanya ^a   O'Brien, Peter C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; cause of death; epidemiology; mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRONCHITIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030013641     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1047-2797(95)00068-2     Document Type: Article

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