The hellenic longitudinal investigation of aging and diet (HELIAD): Rationale, study design, and cohort description

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 9-14

  Dardiotis, Efthimios ^a   Kosmidis, Mary H ^b   Yannakoulia, Mary ^c   Hadjigeorgiou, Georgios M ^a   Scarmeas, Nikolaos ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; HELIAD; Mediterranean type diet

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GREEK (CITIZEN); HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MENTAL DISEASE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUTRITION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDY DESIGN; GREECE; METHODOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84911991951     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000362723     Document Type: Article

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