Deaths attributable to Alzheimer's disease in the United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 90-92

  Ewbank, Douglas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032975114     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.1.90     Document Type: Article

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