Does midlife obesity really lower dementia risk?

The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 499-500

  van der Burg, Jorien M M ^a   Pijl, Hanno ^a   Campman, Yvonne J M ^a   Roos, Raymund A C ^a   Aziz, N Ahmad ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BODY WEIGHT; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; MALE;

BODY MASS INDEX; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; THINNESS;

EID: 84934268658     PISSN: 22138587     EISSN: 22138595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2213-8587(15)00217-X     Document Type: Letter

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