Aging and the occurrence of dementia: Findings from a population-based cohort with a large sample of nonagenarians

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 587-592

  Von Strauss, Eva ^a,c   Viitanen, Matti ^a   De Ronchi, Diana ^a,b   Winblad, Bengt ^a   Fratiglioni, Laura ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEMENTIA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0032916242     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.56.5.587     Document Type: Article

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