Smoking and the occurrence of Alzheimer's disease: Cross-sectional and longitudinal data in a population-based study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 149, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 640-644

  Wang, Hui Xin ^a   Fratiglioni, Laura ^a   Frisoni, Giovanni B ^a,b   Viitanen, Matti ^a   Winblad, Bengt ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

^b IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aged; Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Smoking

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0033118612     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009864     Document Type: Article

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