The incidence and prevalence of Alzheimer's disease

Neurodegenerative Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 9-14

  Cornutiu, Gavril ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ORADEA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PRESERVATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROMANIA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; ROMANIA;

EID: 78650179350     PISSN: 16602854     EISSN: 16602862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000313659     Document Type: Article

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