Effects of Dementia on Mortality in the Radiation Effects Research Foundation Adult Health Study

Gerontology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 110-112

  Yamada, Michiko ^a,b   Kasagi, Fumiyoshi ^a   Sasaki, Hideo ^a   Mimori, Yasuyo ^a   Suzuki, Gen ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Japan; Longitudinal study; Mortality; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PNEUMONIA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 1242284260     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075562     Document Type: Article

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