Influence of Education and Occupation on the Incidence of Alzheimer's Disease

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 271, Issue 13, 1994, Pages 1004-1010

  Stern, Yaakov ^a   Gurland, Barry ^a   Tatemichi, Thomas K ^a   Tang, Ming Xin ^a   Wilder, David ^a   Mayeux, Richard ^a  

^a Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84942481063     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1994.03510370056032     Document Type: Article

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