Mortality and survival in Alzheimer's disease: A 15-year community study

Research and Practice in Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 11, Issue , 2006, Pages 277-283

  Ganguli, Mary ^a,b,c,d   Dodge, H H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's; Dementia; Epidemiology; Mortality risk; Population attributable risk (PAR)

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEHYDRATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; PNEUMONIA; RURAL AREA; SURVIVAL;

EID: 33847065843     PISSN: 12848360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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