Minimal influence of age, education, and gender on episodic memory functioning in very old age: A population-based study of nonagenarians

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-87

  Hassing, Linda ^a   Wahlin, Åke ^b   Bäckman, Lars ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognition; Demographic variables; Episodic memory; Nonagenarians; Population based; Very old

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FACE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SENESCENCE; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 0031712403     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4943(98)00101-0     Document Type: Article

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