Associations between specific autoimmune diseases and subsequent dementia: Retrospective record-linkage cohort study, UK

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 576-583

  Goldacre, Michael J ^a   Wotton, Clare J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH RISK; HOSPITAL SECTOR; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85019211147     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2016-207809     Document Type: Article

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