Head injury and the risk of Alzheimer's disease: A case control study

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 363-368

  Salib, Emad ^a,c   Hillier, Valerie ^b  

^a Winwick Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Case control studies; Head injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0030938285     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199703)12:3<363::AID-GPS515>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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