Vitamin D, cognition, and dementia; A systematic review and meta-analysis

Neurology

Volumn 79, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1397-1405

  Balion, Cynthia ^a   Griffith, Lauren E ^a   Strifler, Lisa ^a   Henderson, Matthew ^a   Patterson, Christopher ^a   Heckman, George ^b   Llewellyn, David J ^a,c   Raina, Parminder ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DATA EXTRACTION; DEMENTIA; EMBASE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84867508342     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31826c197f     Document Type: Review

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