Midlife personality and risk of Alzheimer disease and distress: A 38-year follow-up

Neurology

Volumn 83, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 1538-1544

  Johansson, Lena ^a   Guo, Xinxin ^a   Duberstein, Paul R ^b   Hällström, Tore ^a   Waern, Margda ^a   Östling, Svante ^a   Skoog, Ingmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DSM-III-R; EXTRAVERSION; EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ANXIETY DISORDERS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84924972962     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000907     Document Type: Article

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