Prevention of Alzheimer's disease and dementia. Major findings from the Kungsholmen Project

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 98-104

  Fratiglioni, Laura ^a   Winblad, Bengt ^a   von Strauss, Eva ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Epidemiology; Population based; Prevention

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; GENOTYPE; HEART FAILURE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; OCCUPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 34548538990     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.05.059     Document Type: Article

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