Head circumference, education and risk of dementia: Findings from the Nun study

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 671-679

  Mortimer, James A ^a   Snowdon, David A ^b   Markesbery, William R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGED; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CEPHALOMETRY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037677335     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jcen.25.5.671.14584     Document Type: Article

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