Education and the risk of Alzheimer's disease: Findings from the study of dementia in Swedish twins

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2001, Pages

  Gatz, M ^a   Svedberg, P ^a   Pedersen, N L ^a   Mortimer, J A ^a   Berg, S ^a   Johansson, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TWINS;

EID: 0034855396     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/56.5.P292     Document Type: Article

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