Positive age beliefs protect against dementia even among elders with high-risk gene

PLoS ONE

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2018, Pages

  Levy, Becca R ^a   Slade, Martin D ^b   Pietrzak, Robert H ^b,c   Ferrucci, Luigi ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; APOE EPSILON4 GENE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMENTIA; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH BELIEF; HETEROZYGOTE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MALE;

AGED; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 85041544991     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191004     Document Type: Article

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