A prospective population study of psychosocial risk factors for late onset dementia

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-22

  Persson, Goran ^a   Skoog, Ingmar ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Childhood bereavement; Dementia; Epidemiology; Life events; Risk factor; Stress; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NORMAL HUMAN; ONSET AGE; PARENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPOUSE; STRESS;

EID: 0030061774     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199601)11:1<15::AID-GPS262>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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