Aluminium intake and risk of Alzheimer's disease

Age and Ageing

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 205-209

  Rogers, Mary A M ^a   Simon, David G ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Alzheimer's disease; Food additives

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; ALUMINUM HYDROXYCARBONATE; ALUMINUM MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; ALUTAB; DIHYDROXYALUMINUM SODIUM CARBONATE; DRINKING WATER; FOOD ADDITIVE; GAVISCON; MAGALDRATE; MYLANTA; SIMETHICONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WINGEL;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEVERAGE; CACAO; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEESE; CHEWING GUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; GRAIN; HABIT; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TEA; UNITED STATES; DIET; EATING; FOOD ANALYSIS;

THEOBROMA CACAO; ZEA MAYS;

AGED; ALUMINUM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033090231     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/28.2.205     Document Type: Article

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