The betula prospective cohort study: Memory, health, and aging

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-32

  Nilsson, Lars Göran ^a   Bäckman, Lars ^b   Erngrund, Karin ^c   Nyberg, Lars ^c   Adolfsson, Rolf ^c   Bucht, Gösta ^c   Karlsson, Stig ^c   Widing, Maud ^c   Winblad, Bengt ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MORBIDITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0031010522     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825589708256633     Document Type: Article

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