The aging population: Implications for the burden of Neurologic disease

Neurologic Clinics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 555-560

  Riggs, J E ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN TUMOR; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENESCENCE;

EID: 0031656863     PISSN: 07338619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8619(05)70079-7     Document Type: Article

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