Family member deaths across adulthood predict Alzheimer's disease risk: The Cache County Study

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 256-263

  Norton, Maria C ^a   Fauth, Elizabeth ^a   Clark, Christine J ^a   Hatch, Dan ^a,c   Greene, Daylee ^a   Pfister, Roxane ^a   Tschanz, Joann T ^a   Smith, Ken R ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; lifespan development; psychosocial stsressors

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILY MEMBER DEATH; FATHER; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SPOUSE; SURVIVAL TIME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; AGE; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; DEATH; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84958168242     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.4319     Document Type: Article

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