Walking and dementia in physically capable elderly men

JAMA

Volumn 292, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1447-1453

  Abbott, Robert D ^a,b,d,f   White, Lon R ^b,c,d,e   Ross, G Webster ^b,c,d,e   Masaki, Kamal H ^b,d,e   Curb, J David ^b,d,e   Petrovitch, Helen ^b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^d KUAKINI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPERIENCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENESCENCE; WALKING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; LIFESTYLE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; WALKING;

EID: 4544305451     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.292.12.1447     Document Type: Article

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