title: [Epidemiology of Alzheimer's disease: the Paquid experience].
abstract: The Paquid research program was specifically designed to study the epidemiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Paquid is a prospective study of a representative random sample of 4,134 elderly people living in Gironde and Dordogne, two administrative areas around Bordeaux in South-Western France. This program allowed to obtain prevalence, incidence, survival of AD and to analyze risk factors, consequences and premonitory signs of this disease.
authors.affiliation: Unité INSERM 330, Université de Bordeaux Victor Segalen, Bordeaux II, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Salamon
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Dartigues
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Epidémiologie de la maladie d'Alzheimer: l'expérience Paquid.