Height in relation to dementia death: Individual participant meta-analysis of 18 UK prospective cohort studies

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 205, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 348-354

  Russ, Tom C ^a,b   Kivimäki, Mika ^c   Starr, John M ^b   Stamatakis, Emmanuel ^d   Batty, G David ^b,c  

^a ROYAL EDINBURGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY HEIGHT; DEMENTIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

BODY HEIGHT; DEMENTIA; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84910020147     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.113.142984     Document Type: Article

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