Prevention of common neurodegenerative disorders in the elderly

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 46-50

  Fratiglioni, Laura ^a   Qiu, Chengxuan ^a  

^a AGING RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Epidemiology; Neurodegenerative disorders; Prevention; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MEMORY DISORDER; OBESITY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 57449097620     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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