The changing prevalence and incidence of dementia over time-current evidence

Nature Reviews Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 327-339

  Wu, Yu Tzu ^a   Beiser, Alexa S ^b   Breteler, Monique M B ^c   Fratiglioni, Laura ^d   Helmer, Catherine ^e   Hendrie, Hugh C ^f   Honda, Hiroyuki ^g   Ikram, M Arfan ^h   Langa, Kenneth M ⁱ   Lobo, Antonio ^j   Matthews, Fiona E ^k   Ohara, Tomoyuki ^g   Pérès, Karine ^e   Qiu, Chengxuan ^d   Seshadri, Sudha ^l   Sjölund, Britt Marie ^d   Skoog, Ingmar ^m   Brayne, Carol ⁿ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^k NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^l BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MENTAL HEALTH; NETHERLANDS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; NIGERIA; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; SWEDEN; TIME; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

DEMENTIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 85019986510     PISSN: 17594758     EISSN: 17594766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2017.63     Document Type: Review

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