Lifestyle and health-related risk factors and risk of cognitive aging among older veterans

Alzheimer's and Dementia

Volumn 10, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2014, Pages

  Yaffe, Kristine ^a,b,c   Hoang, Tina D ^d   Byers, Amy L ^a   Barnes, Deborah E ^a   Friedl, Karl E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive aging; Dementia; Health related risk factors; Lifestyle behaviors; Veterans

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MILITARY SERVICE; NEUROPROTECTION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; VETERAN; ANIMAL; COGNITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; RISK FACTORS; VETERANS;

EID: 84902529274     PISSN: 15525260     EISSN: 15525279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2014.04.010     Document Type: Article

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