Risk factors across the life course and dementia in a Brazilian population: Results from the Sao Paulo Ageing & Health Study (SPAH)

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 879-890

  Scazufca, Marcia ^a,b,d   Menezes, Paulo R ^a,b   Araya, Ricardo ^b   Di Rienzo, Vanessa D ^a   Almeida, Osvaldo P ^c   Gunnell, David ^b   Lawlor, Debbie A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d LIM 23   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ageing; Brazil; Dementia; Head circumference; LAMIC; Leg length; Life course epidemiology; Prevalence; Socioeconomic position

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; LEG LENGTH; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAZIL; CEPHALOMETRY; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LEG; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 48349134889     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn125     Document Type: Article

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