Alzheimer disease in the US population: Prevalence estimates using the 2000 census

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1119-1122

  Hebert, Liesi E ^a   Scherr, Paul A ^c   Bienias, Julia L ^a   Bennett, David A ^a,b   Evans, Denis A ^a,b,d  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^d RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CENSUSES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042023711     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.60.8.1119     Document Type: Article

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