Techniques for knowledge discovery in existing biomedical databases: Estimation of individual aging effects in cognition in relation to dementia

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 116-123

  Mitnitski, Arnold B ^a   Mogilner, Alexander J ^a   Graham, Janice E ^a   Rockwood, Kenneth ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Dementia; Knowledge discovery in databases

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DATA BASE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0037295540     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(02)00581-4     Document Type: Article

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