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- Title
Heavy smoking in midlife and long-term risk of Alzheimer disease and vascular dementia.
- Authors
Rusanen, Minna; Kivipelto, Miia; Quesenberry, Charles P, Jr; Zhou, Jufen; Whitmer, Rachel A
- Abstract
Smoking is a risk factor for several life-threatening diseases, but its long-term association with dementia is controversial and somewhat understudied. Our objective was to investigate the long-term association of amount of smoking in middle age on the risk of dementia, Alzheimer disease (AD), and vascular dementia (VaD) several decades later in a large, diverse population.
- Publication
Archives of internal medicine, 2011, Vol 171, Issue 4, p333
- ISSN
1538-3679
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1001/archinternmed.2010.393