Social position, age, and memory performance in the Whitehall II study

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 896, Issue , 1999, Pages 359-362

  Fuhrer, R ^a   Head, J ^a   Marmot, M G ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0033373088     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb08141.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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