July 19, 2011; 77 (3) Articles
Nontraditional risk factors combine to predict Alzheimer disease and dementia
Xiaowei Song, Arnold Mitnitski, Kenneth Rockwood
First published July 13, 2011, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0b013e318225c6bc
Xiaowei Song
Arnold Mitnitski
Nontraditional risk factors combine to predict Alzheimer disease and dementia
Xiaowei Song, Arnold Mitnitski, Kenneth Rockwood
Neurology Jul 2011, 77 (3) 227-234; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318225c6bc
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vol. 77 no. 3 227-234
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- Received September 17, 2010
- Accepted December 22, 2010
- First Published July 13, 2011.
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- Xiaowei Song, PhD,
- Arnold Mitnitski, PhD and
- Kenneth Rockwood, MD
- Xiaowei Song, PhD,
- Arnold Mitnitski, PhD and
- Kenneth Rockwood, MD
- From the Departments of Medicine (X.S., A.M., K.R.) and Mathematics and Computer Science (A.M.), Dalhousie University, Halifax; Institute for Biodiagnostics–Atlantic (X.S.), National Research Council Canada, Halifax; and Centre for Health Care of Elderly (K.R.), QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Canada.
- Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Kenneth Rockwood, QEII Health Sciences Centre, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Suite 1421-5955 Veterans Memorial Lane, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 2E1, Canada Kenneth.Rockwood{at}dal.ca
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