Midlife Neuroticism and the age of onset of Alzheimer's disease

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 665-673

  Archer, N ^a   Brown, R G ^a,b   Reeves, S ^a   Nicholas, H ^c   Boothby, H ^c   Lovestone, S ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Farnham Road Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Neuroticism; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROSIS; ONSET AGE; PERSONALITY TEST; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 65549094155     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003329170800408X     Document Type: Article

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