Alcohol consumption and cognitive impairment in older men: A mendelian randomization study

Neurology

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1038-1044

  Almeida, Osvaldo P ^a,c,d   Hankey, Graeme J ^b   Yeap, Bu B ^b,g   Golledge, Jonathan ^f,h,i   Flicker, Leon ^b,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d Royal Perth Hospital ^*  (United States)

^e ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE 1B GENE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84898746949     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000255     Document Type: Article

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