Anaemia increases the risk of dementia in cognitively intact elderly

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 278-284

  Atti, Anna Rita ^a,b,c   Palmer, Katie ^a   Volpato, Stefano ^b   Zuliani, Giovanni ^b   Winblad, Bengt ^a   Fratiglioni, Laura ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer disease; Anaemia; Dementia; Epidemiology; Haemoglobin concentration

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RISK; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 29844431730     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2005.02.007     Document Type: Article

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