Common psychosocial stressors in middle-aged women related to longstanding distress and increased risk of Alzheimer's disease: A 38-year longitudinal population study

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Johansson, Lena ^a   Guo, Xinxin ^a   Hällström, Tore ^a,b   Norton, Maria C ^c   Waern, Margda ^a   Östling, Svante ^a   Bengtsson, Calle ^a   Skoog, Ingmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DIVORCE; DSM-III-R; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WIDOW; WORK;

EID: 84885354428     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003142     Document Type: Article

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