Dementia and hypertension in African/Caribbean elders [1]

Age and Ageing

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 193-195

  Stevens, Tim ^a   Leavey, Gerry ^b   Livingston, Gill ^c  

^a St Margaret's Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b ST ANN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT;

AFRICA; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 1542359588     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afh042     Document Type: Letter

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