Religious education and midlife observance are associated with dementia three decades later in Israeli men

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1161-1168

  Beeri, Michal Schnaider ^a   Davidson, Michael ^b   Silverman, Jeremy M ^a   Schmeidler, James ^a,c   Springer, Ramit Ravona ^b   Noy, Shlomo ^b   Goldbourt, Uri ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dementia; Education; Life style; Prevalence; Religion; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; JEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVOR; TELECONSULTATION;

ADULT; AGED; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; JUDAISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 52949107965     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.09.011     Document Type: Article

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