• DOI:10.1073/pnas.061002998
Corpus ID: 13620432

Patients with Alzheimer's disease have reduced activities in midlife compared with healthy control-group members

@article{Friedland2001PatientsWA,
  title={Patients with Alzheimer's disease have reduced activities in midlife compared with healthy control-group members},
  author={R. Friedland and T. Fritsch and K. Smyth and E. Koss and A. Lerner and C. Chen and G. Petot and S. Debanne},
  journal={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},
  year={2001},
  volume={98},
  pages={3440 - 3445}
}

R. Friedland, T. Fritsch, +5 authors S. Debanne

Published 2001

Medicine

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

The development of Alzheimer's disease (AD) later in life may be reflective of environmental factors operating over the course of a lifetime. Educational and occupational attainments have been found to be protective against the development of the disease but participation in activities has received little attention. In a case-control study, we collected questionnaire data about 26 nonoccupational activities from ages 20 to 60. Participants included 193 people with probable or possible AD and… CONTINUE READING

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