Do personality traits predict the occurrence of Alzheimer's disease?

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 120-124

  Meins, Wolfgang ^a   Dammast, Jörg ^a  

^a ALBERTINEN KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Parkinson's disease; Personality questionnaire; Premorbid personality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY TEST; RIGIDITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033998356     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(200002)15:2<120::AID-GPS84>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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