Alcohol consumption and incidence of dementia in a community sample aged 75 years and older

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 959-964

  Huang, Wenyong ^a,b   Qiu, Chengxuan ^a   Winblad, Bengt ^a   Fratiglioni, Laura ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b GUIZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Age; Alcohol consumption; Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Incidence; Population based study

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036818268     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(02)00462-6     Document Type: Article

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