Lifetime principal occupation and risk of Alzheimer's disease in the Kungsholmen Project

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 204-211

  Qiu, Chengxuan ^a   Karp, Anita ^a   Von Strauss, Eva ^a   Winblad, Bengt ^a   Fratiglioni, Laura ^a   Bellander, Tom ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Elderly; Occupation; Population based study

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0037312762     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10159     Document Type: Article

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