Italian Project on Epidemiology of Alzheimer's disease (I.PR.E.A.): Study design and methodology of cross-sectional survey

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-34

  Scafato, Emanuele ^a   Gandin, Claudia ^a   Farchi, Gino ^a   Abete, Pasquale ^b   Baldereschi, Marzia ^c   Di Carlo, Antonio ^c   Inzitari, Domenico ^c   Maggi, Stefania ^d   Panza, Francesco ^e   Solfrizzi, Vincenzo ^e  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cross sectional survey; Dementia; Italy; Preclinical diagnosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; RESEARCH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 21244450282     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03337717     Document Type: Article

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