Aging and the public health effects of dementia

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 344, Issue 15, 2001, Pages 1160-1161

  Kawas, Claudia H ^a   Brookmeyer, Ron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035849120     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200104123441509     Document Type: Editorial

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