Smoking history in middle age and subsequent cognitive performance in elderly Japanese-American men: The Honolulu-Asia Aging Study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 507-515

  Galanis, Daniel J ^a,b   Petrovitch, Helen ^c,d   Launer, Lenore J ^e   Harris, Tamara B ^b   Foley, Daniel J ^b   White, Lon R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c KUAKINI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

aged; cognition disorders; longitudinal studies; smoking; vascular diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COGNITION; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0031054027     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009138     Document Type: Article

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