Intercontinental epidemiology of Alzheimer disease: A global approach to bad gene hunting

JAMA

Volumn 285, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 796-798

  Farrer, Lindsay A ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIET; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0035857336     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.285.6.796     Document Type: Review

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