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Product details:
- ISBN-10 : 0128045388
- ISBN-13 : 978-0128045381
- Author: Amy Borenstein, James Mortimer
Alzheimer’s Disease: Lifecourse Perspectives on Risk Reduction summarizes the growing body of knowledge on the distribution and causes of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in human populations, providing the reader with knowledge on how we define the disease and what its risk and protective factors are in the context of a life-course approach.
Table contents:
Section 1. Defining a Case
Chapter 1. The “First” Case
Chapter 2. Clinical Appearance, Progression, and Classification
Chapter 3. Epidemiologic Definition of a Case
Chapter 4. Neuropathology of Alzheimer’s Disease
Chapter 5. The Threshold Model of Dementia
Section 2. Descriptive Epidemiology
Chapter 6. The Prevalence of Alzheimer’s Disease
Chapter 7. The Incidence of Alzheimer’s Disease
Chapter 8. Survival and Mortality in Alzheimer’s Disease
Section 3. Analytic Epidemiology
Chapter 9. Introduction to the Analytic Epidemiology of Azheimer’s Disease
Chapter 10. Family History, Genetics, and Down Syndrome
Chapter 11. Early-Life Factors
Chapter 12. Traumatic Brain Injury
Chapter 13. Gigarette Smoking and Alcohol Consumption
Chapter 14. Vascular Disease
Chapter 15. Diet
Chapter 16. Physical Activity
Chapter 17. Cognitive Activity
Chapter 18. Social Engagement
Chapter 19. Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, Hormone Replacement Therapy, and Anticholinergic Medications
Section 4. Epidemiologic and Biologic Markers
Chapter 20. Prodromal Markers of Disease or Causal Risk Factors? Depression, Olfaction, and Subjective Memory Complaints
Chapter 21. Fluid, Imaging, and Cognitive Biomarkers
Section 5. Future Steps
Chapter 22. Risk Assessment and Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease
Chapter 23. Summary and Recommendations
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