The ambiguous relationships between aging and Alzheimer's disease: A critical literature review

Dementia

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 137-151

  Scodellaro, Claire ^a   Pin, Stéphanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b National Institute for Prevention and Health Education   (France)

Author keywords

aging; Alzheimer's disease; gender; review; stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872285796     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301211421230     Document Type: Article

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