Effect of educational attainment on survival in Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 369-374

  Weiner, Myron F ^a   Risser, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Education survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746676271     PISSN: 14616130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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