Post-traumatic stress disorder and risk of dementia among members of a health care delivery system

Alzheimer's and Dementia

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 28-34

  Flatt, Jason D ^a   Gilsanz, Paola ^b,c   Quesenberry, Charles P ^b   Albers, Kathleen B ^b   Whitmer, Rachel A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Post traumatic stress disorder; PTSD; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CALIFORNIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; VETERAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 85021385422     PISSN: 15525260     EISSN: 15525279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2017.04.014     Document Type: Article

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