Prevalence of dementia in the city of Zurich;Prävalenz der demenz in der stadt Zürich

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 330-335

  Gostynski, Michal ^a   Ajdacic Gross, Vladeta ^a   Gutzwiller, Felix ^a   Michel, Jean Pierre ^b   Herrmann, François ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

AGE; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENDER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0036455110     PISSN: 03038408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00012643     Document Type: Article

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