Aging and Alzheimer's disease: Lessons from the Nun Study

Gerontologist

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 150-156

  Snowdon, David A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cognition; Dementia; Neuropathology

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY;

EID: 0030964397     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/37.2.150     Document Type: Article

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