Worldwide variation in the doubling time of Alzheimer's disease incidence rates

Alzheimer's and Dementia

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 316-323

  Ziegler Graham, Kathryn ^a   Brookmeyer, Ron ^b   Johnson, Elizabeth ^b   Arrighi, H Michael ^c  

^a ST OLAF COLLEGE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c ELAN PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Incidence rates; Meta Analysis; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHRONOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NORTH AMERICA; PEER REVIEW; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; ALGORITHMS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE;

EID: 51349137510     PISSN: 15525260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2008.05.2479     Document Type: Article

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