title: Epidemiologic approach to the study of dementing diseases: a nested case-control study in European incidence studies of dementia.
abstract: In 1994 several European studies will have available risk factor information on incident cases of dementia collected in prospective community-based studies. These centers will collaborate in a nested-case control study based on the pooled cases and a sample of the non-diseased respondents. This paper describes the general design and the risk factors to be studied in a European nested case-control study of Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatics, Erasmus University Medical School, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Launer
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brayne
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Breteler
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003704:Dementia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors