Alzheimer's disease and cancer: Current epidemiological evidence for a mutual protection

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 121-122

  Catalá López, Ferrán ^a,b   Crespo Facorro, Benedicto ^c,d   Vieta, Eduard ^d,e   Valderas, Jose M ^h   Valencia, Alfonso ^f   Tabarés Seisdedos, Rafael ^d,g  

^a Department of Medicines for Veterinary Use   (Spain)

^b Fundacion Instituto de Investigacion en Servicios de Salud   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f Structural Biology and Biocomputing Programme   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; COMORBIDITY; HUMAN; LETTER; NEOPLASM; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; AGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATIO; NEOPLASMS;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84896689869     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000355899     Document Type: Letter

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