Mortality from dementia in advanced age: A 5-year follow-up study of incident dementia cases

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 737-743

  Agüero Torres, Hedda ^a,b   Fratiglioni, L ^a,b   Guo, Z ^a,b   Viitanen, M ^a,b   Winblad, B ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Elderly; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN;

EID: 0033178647     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(99)00067-0     Document Type: Article

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