Is complexity of work associated with risk of dementia?

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 167, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 820-830

  Kröger, Edeltraut ^a,d   Andel, Ross ^b   Lindsay, Joan ^c   Benounissa, Zohra ^a   Verreault, René ^a   Laurin, Danielle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Cohort studies; Dementia; Motor activity; Occupations; Risk factors; Work

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; BRAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLEXITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA SET; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; JOB ADAPTATION; JOB ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; WORKING TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CANADA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OCCUPATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; WORK;

EID: 41349115483     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm382     Document Type: Article

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