Exposure to the holocaust and world war II concentration camps during late adolescence and adulthood is not associated with increased risk for dementia at old age

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 709-716

  Ravona Springer, Ramit ^a   Beeri, Michal Schnaider ^b   Goldbourt, Uri ^c  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescence; adulthood; dementia; Holocaust; Nazi concentration camps

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPE; HOLOCAUST; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVOR; WAR;

EID: 79953291121     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2010-101327     Document Type: Article

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