The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 119, Issue 9 , Pages 751-759 , September 2006

Fruit and Vegetable Juices and Alzheimer’s Disease: The Kame Project

  • Qi Dai, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health, Vanderbilt Center for Health Services Research, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt School of Medicine, VA Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Nashville, Tenn
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Qi Dai, MD, PhD, Division of General Internal Medicine, S-1124 Medical Center North, Nashville, TN 37232-2587.
    • ,
  • Amy R. Borenstein, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa
    • ,
  • Yougui Wu, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa
    • ,
  • James C. Jackson, PsyD

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Research Center for Excellence, VA Tennessee Valley Health Care System, Nashville, Tenn
    • Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Nashville, Tenn
    • Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn
    • ,
  • Eric B. Larson, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Seattle, Wash

,Revised 22 March 2006

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 This research was supported by the National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging grants R01 AG09769 and UO1 AG06781.

PII: S0002-9343(06)00677-2

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.03.045

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 119, Issue 9 , Pages 751-759 , September 2006

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