Can healthy lifestyle modify risk factors for dementia? findings from a pilot community-based survey in Chennai (India) and Newcastle (UK)

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 163-170

  Mukaetova Ladinska, Elizabeta B ^a   Purshouse, Karin ^a   Andrade, Joana ^a   Krishnan, Mani ^a   Jagger, Carol ^a   Kalaria, Raj N ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol intake; Dementia; Diet; Lifestyle; Metabolic syndrome; Physical activity; Spiritual religious beliefs

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COFFEE; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; TEA; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETARIAN; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868518858     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000338674     Document Type: Article

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