Comparison of Alzheimer's disease risk factors in white and African American families

Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1372-1374

  Bachman, D L ^a   Green, R C ^b   Benke, K S ^b   Cupples, L A ^b   Farrer, Lindsay A ^b,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0037461327     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000058751.43033.4D     Document Type: Article

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