Dementia incidence may increase more slowly after age 90: Results from the Bronx Aging Study

Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 882-886

  Hall, Charles B ^a,d   Verghese, J ^a   Sliwinski, M ^b   Chen, Z ^c   Katz, M ^a   Derby, C ^a   Lipton, R B ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d Department of Epidemiology and Population Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 25444478692     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000176053.98907.3f     Document Type: Article

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