Midlife alcohol consumption and later risk of cognitive impairment: A twin follow-up study

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 939-948

  Virta, Jyri J ^a   Järvenpää, Tarja ^a   Heikkilä, Kauko ^b   Perola, Markus ^b,c   Koskenvuo, Markku ^b   Räihä, Ismo ^a,d   Rinne, Juha O ^a   Kaprio, Jaakko ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Alzheimer's disease; cohort studies; dementia; risk factors

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

AGED; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TWINS;

EID: 78650663069     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2010-100870     Document Type: Article

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