Body height in young adult men and risk of dementia later in adult life

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Body height in young adult men and risk of dementia later in adult life. / Jørgensen, Terese Sara Høj; Okholm, Gunhild Tidemann; Christensen, Kaare; Sørensen, Thorkild Ia; Osler, Merere.

I: eLife, Bind 9, e51168, 2020.

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Jørgensen, TSH, Okholm, GT, Christensen, K, Sørensen, TI & Osler, M 2020, 'Body height in young adult men and risk of dementia later in adult life', eLife, bind 9, e51168. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.51168

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Jørgensen, T. S. H., Okholm, G. T., Christensen, K., Sørensen, T. I., & Osler, M. (2020). Body height in young adult men and risk of dementia later in adult life. eLife, 9, [e51168]. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.51168

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Jørgensen TSH, Okholm GT, Christensen K, Sørensen TI, Osler M. Body height in young adult men and risk of dementia later in adult life. eLife. 2020;9. e51168. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.51168

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Jørgensen, Terese Sara Høj ; Okholm, Gunhild Tidemann ; Christensen, Kaare ; Sørensen, Thorkild Ia ; Osler, Merere. / Body height in young adult men and risk of dementia later in adult life. I: eLife. 2020 ; Bind 9.

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AU - Osler, Merere

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