Weight loss occurs over a decade prior to dementia diagnosis: Comment on meta-analysis of obesity as a risk factor for dementia and its subtypes

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 631-632

  Huang, T L ^a   Yu, W W ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BODY MASS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; UNDERWEIGHT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BODY MASS INDEX; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 54149083069     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2008.00519.x     Document Type: Letter

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