Loneliness and risk of Alzheimer disease

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 234-240

  Wilson, Robert S ^a,c   Krueger, Kristin R ^a,c   Arnold, Steven E ^d   Schneider, Julie A ^a,c   Kelly, Jeremiah F ^a,c   Barnes, Lisa L ^a,c   Tang, Yuxiao ^b,c   Bennett, David A ^a,c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONELINESS; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED STATES;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 33846862677     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.64.2.234     Document Type: Article

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