Looking for signs of Alzheimer's disease

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 323-343

  Hodgson, Lynne Gershenson ^a   Cutler, Stephen J ^b  

^a QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTICIPATION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOM SEEKING BEHAVIOR; WELLBEING;

ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0346095598     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/E6J1-PUX7-J43C-090B     Document Type: Article

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