Education and the incidence of dementia in a large population-based study: The Rotterdam study

Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 663-666

  Ott, Alewijn ^a   Van Rossum, C T M ^a   Van Harskamp, F ^a   Van De Mheen, H ^a   Hofman, A ^a   Breteler, M M B ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0033011124     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.52.3.663     Document Type: Article

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