Education, occupation and retirement age effects on the age of onset of Alzheimer's disease

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-36

  Lupton, Michelle K ^a   Stahl, Daniel ^a   Archer, Nicola ^a   Foy, Catherine ^a   Poppe, Michaela ^a   Lovestone, Simon ^a   Hollingworth, Paul ^b   Williams, Julie ^b   Owen, Micheal J ^b   Dowzell, Kimberley ^b   Abraham, Richard ^b   Sims, Rebecca ^b   Brayne, Carol ^c   Rubinsztein, David ^c   Gill, Michael ^d   Lawlor, Brian ^d   Lynch, Aoibhinn ^d   Powell, John F ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Age of onset; Alzheimer's; Cognitive research; Occupation; Retirement age

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGER; ONSET AGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETIREMENT; SELF EMPLOYMENT;

AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 75349102362     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2294     Document Type: Article

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