Cross-sectional versus longitudinal estimates of cognitive change in nondemented older people: A CERAD study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 559-563

  Unger, Joseph M ^a   Van Belle, Gerald ^b   Heyman, Albert ^c  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Cross sectional; Generalized estimating equations; Learning effect; Longitudinal; Mini Mental State Examination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032931790     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb02570.x     Document Type: Article

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