Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association
Volume 4, Issue 5 , Pages 316-323 , September 2008

Worldwide variation in the doubling time of Alzheimer's disease incidence rates

  • Kathryn Ziegler-Graham

      Affiliations

    • Statistics Program, St Olaf College, Northfield, MN, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: 507-581-3535; Fax: 507-786-3316
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  • Ron Brookmeyer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • ,
  • Elizabeth Johnson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • ,
  • H. Michael Arrighi

      Affiliations

    • Epidemiology, Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc, San Diego, CA, USA

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PII: S1552-5260(08)02638-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2008.05.2479

Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association
Volume 4, Issue 5 , Pages 316-323 , September 2008

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