Alcoholic beverages and incidence of dementia: 34-Year follow-up of the prospective population study of women in Göteborg

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 684-691

  Mehlig, K ^a   Skoog, I ^a   Guo, X ^a   Schutze M ^a   Gustafson, D ^a   Waern, M ^a   Ostling S ^a   Bjorkelund C ^a   Lissner, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Dementia; Longitudinal studies; Tobacco; Wine; Women

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FLAVONOID; POLYPHENOL;

AGE CLASS; BASELINE SURVEY; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ETHANOL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; POPULATION MODELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; TOBACCO; WOMENS HEALTH;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; BEER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SWEDEN; TOBACCO; WINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SWEDEN; WINE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GOTEBORG; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; VASTRA GOTALAND;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 41149092399     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm366     Document Type: Article

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