Do cognitive complaints either predict future cognitive decline or reflect past cognitive decline? A longitudinal study of an elderly community sample

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-98

  Jorm, A F ^a   Christensen, H ^a   Korten, A E ^a   Henderson, A S ^a   Jacomb, P A ^a   Mackinnon, A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; SENESCENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0031037340     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291796003923     Document Type: Article

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