Risk factors for Alzheimer disease: A population-based case-control study in Istanbul, Turkey

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 139-145

  Harmanci, Hande ^a   Emre, Murat ^b   Gurvit, Hakan ^b   Bilgic, Basar ^b   Hanagasi, Hasmet ^b   Gurol, Edip ^b   Sahin, Huseyin ^b   Tinaz, Sule ^b  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Education; Electromagnetic field; EMF; Risk factors; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 0141817999     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002093-200307000-00003     Document Type: Article

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