Secular trends in the prevalence of dementia and depression in Swedish septuagenarians 1976-2006

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2627-2634

  Wiberg, P ^a   Waern, M ^a   Billstedt, E ^a   Ostling S ^a   Skoog, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birth cohort; dementia; depression; population study; secular trends

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84885642545     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291713000299     Document Type: Article

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