Work-related physical activity and the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 874-882

  Rovio, Suvi ^a,b   Kåreholt, Ingemar ^a,c   Viitanen, Matti ^a,d   Winblad, Bengt ^a   Tuomilehto, Jaakko ^b,e,f   Soininen, Hilkka ^g,h   Nissinen, Aulikki ^b   Kivipelto, Miia ^a,g  

^a AGING RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f SOUTH OSTROBOTHNIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^h KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Commuting physical activity; Dementia; Leisure time physical activity; Occupational physical activity; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RANDOM SAMPLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; VASCULAR DISEASE; WORK;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ODDS RATIO; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; WORK;

EID: 34648816926     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1755     Document Type: Article

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