Web-based application to project the burden of Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's and Dementia

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 425-428

  Colantuoni, Elizabeth ^a   Surplus, Greg ^a   Hackman, Andre ^a   Arrighi, H Michael ^a   Brookmeyer, Ron ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; Disability adjusted life years (DALYs); Disease burden; Forecasting; Multi stage disease model; Preventative therapy; Web tool

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INTERNET; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WEB BROWSER;

EID: 77956394193     PISSN: 15525260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2010.01.014     Document Type: Article

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