Dementia prevention: The discordance between observational and intervention studies and the search for more evidence

Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-82

  Sachdev, Perminder S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RETINOL;

AGING; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INTERVENTION STUDY; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MYOPIA; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; NOTE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; VASCULAR DISEASE;

COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 64949147993     PISSN: 17517885     EISSN: 17517893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7893.2008.00109.x     Document Type: Note

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