Traumatic brain injury and risk of dementia in older veterans

Neurology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 312-319

  Barnes, Deborah E ^a,b   Kaup, Allison ^a,b   Kirby, Katharine A ^a,b   Byers, Amy L ^a,b   Diaz Arrastia, Ramon ^c   Yaffe, Kristine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84905823886     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000616     Document Type: Article

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