The relationship between marital and parental status and the risk of dementia

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 749-757

  Sundström, Anna ^a   Westerlund, Olle ^a,b   Mousavi Nasab, Hossein ^c   Adolfsson, Rolf ^a   Nilsson, Lars Göran ^d  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

childlessness; dementia; longitudinal; marital status; parental status; risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHILDLESSNESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MARRIED PERSON; PARENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL NETWORK; WIDOWED PERSON; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; INCIDENCE; LIFE EVENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; WIDOW; DIVORCE; LIFE STRESS; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PARENTAL STATUS;

AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; PARENTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 84897567010     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610213002652     Document Type: Article

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