Month and Season of Birth as a Risk Factor for Alzheimer's Disease: A Nationwide Nested Case-control Study |
Tolppanen, Anna-Maija
(School of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland)
Ahonen, Riitta (School of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland) Koponen, Marjaana (School of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland) Lavikainen, Piia (School of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland) Purhonen, Maija (Department of Psychiatry, Kuopio University Hospital) Taipale, Heidi (School of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland) Tanskanen, Antti (Department of Forensic Psychiatry, Niuvanniemi Hospital, University of Eastern Finland) Tiihonen, Jari (Department of Forensic Psychiatry, Niuvanniemi Hospital, University of Eastern Finland) Tiihonen, Miia (School of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland) Hartikainen, Sirpa (School of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland) |
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