The influence of smoking on the risk of Alzheimer's disease

Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1408-1412

  Merchant, C ^a,b   Tang, M X ^a,b   Albert, S ^a,b   Manly, J ^a,b   Stern, Y ^a,b   Mayeux, Richard ^a,b  

^a and Epidemiology   (United States)

^b The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 0033594437     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.52.7.1408     Document Type: Article

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