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Knee height and arm span: a reflection of early life environment and risk of dementia.

T L Huang, M C Carlson, A L Fitzpatrick, L H Kuller, L P Fried, and P P Zandi

Neurology 70(19):1818-26 (2008) PMID 18458216

To determine if anthropometric measures, as markers of early life environment, are associated with risk of dementia, Alzheimer disease (AD), and vascular dementia (VaD).

DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000311444.20490.98
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