Is dementia in decline? Historical trends and future trajectories

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 374, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 507-509

  Jones, David S ^a,b   Greene, Jeremy A ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SOCIAL STATUS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; HISTORY; UNITED STATES;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMENTIA; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84959307821     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1514434     Document Type: Review

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