Epidemiological pathology of dementia: Attributable-risks at death in the medical research council cognitive function and ageing study

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Matthews, Fiona E ^a   Brayne, Carol ^b   Lowe, James ^c   McKeith, Ian ^d   Wharton, Stephen B ^e   Ince, Paul ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL STUDY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LEWY BODY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; AGE; BRAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEATH; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULARIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY; DEATH; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEWY BODIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; ORGAN SIZE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 72949090601     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000180     Document Type: Article

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