Smelting, drinking, and other life style factors and cognitive function in men in the Caerphilly cohort

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-14

  Elwood, P C ^a   Gallacher, J E J ^a   Hopkinson, Carol A ^a   Pickering, Janet ^a   Rabbitt, P ^b   Stollery, B ^c   Brayne, Carol ^d   Huppert, Felicia A ^d   Bayer, A ^a  

^a LLANDOUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG THERAPY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; WALES;

EID: 0032588263     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.53.1.9     Document Type: Article

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