Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 343-350 , March 2007

Midlife respiratory function and Incidence of Alzheimer's disease: A 29-year longitudinal study in women

  • Xinxin Guo

      Affiliations

    • Neuropsychiatric Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at Göteborg University, SE 413 45 Göteborg, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Psychiatry, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, SE-413 45 Göteborg, Sweden. Tel.: +46 31 3421283; fax: +46 31 828163.
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  • Margda Waern

      Affiliations

    • Neuropsychiatric Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at Göteborg University, SE 413 45 Göteborg, Sweden
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  • Karin Sjögren

      Affiliations

    • Neuropsychiatric Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at Göteborg University, SE 413 45 Göteborg, Sweden
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  • Lauren Lissner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Primary Health Care, Sahlgrenska Academy at Göteborg University, SE 413 45 Göteborg, Sweden
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  • Calle Bengtsson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Primary Health Care, Sahlgrenska Academy at Göteborg University, SE 413 45 Göteborg, Sweden
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  • Cecilia Björkelund

      Affiliations

    • Department of Primary Health Care, Sahlgrenska Academy at Göteborg University, SE 413 45 Göteborg, Sweden
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  • Svante Östling

      Affiliations

    • Neuropsychiatric Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at Göteborg University, SE 413 45 Göteborg, Sweden
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  • Deborah Gustafson

      Affiliations

    • Neuropsychiatric Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at Göteborg University, SE 413 45 Göteborg, Sweden
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  • Ingmar Skoog

      Affiliations

    • Neuropsychiatric Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at Göteborg University, SE 413 45 Göteborg, Sweden

Received 4 July 2005 ,Revised 17 January 2006 ,Accepted 27 January 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2006.01.008

Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 343-350 , March 2007

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