What's the "Take Home" from Research on Dementia Trends?

PLoS Med. 2017 Mar 7;14(3):e1002236. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002236. eCollection 2017 Mar.

Authors

Eric B Larson¹, Kenneth M Langa²

Affiliations

¹ Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
² Department of Medicine, Institute for Social Research, Veterans Affairs Center for Clinical Management Research, Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America.

Abstract

Eric Larson and Kenneth Langa discuss whether the risk of dementia is increasing or decreasing over time.

Publication types

Comment

MeSH terms

Dementia / diagnosis
Dementia / epidemiology*
Dementia / etiology
Dementia / prevention & control*
Humans

Grants and funding

P30 AG053760/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States