Cognitive impairment and mortality in a cohort of elderly people

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7031, 1996, Pages 607-611

  Gale, Catharine R ^a   Martyn, Christopher N ^a   Cooper, Cyrus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TEST; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASCORBIC ACID; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030000652     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7031.608     Document Type: Article

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