The relationships between age, sex, and the incidence of dementia and Alzheimer disease: A meta-analysis

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 809-815

  Gao, Sujuan ^a   Hendrie, Hugh C ^a   Hall, Kathleen S ^a   Hui, Siu ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; META ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031714732     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.55.9.809     Document Type: Article

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