The "common cause hypothesis" of cognitive aging: Evidence for not only a common factor but also specific associations of age with vision and grip strength in a cross-sectional analysis

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 588-599

  Christensen, H ^a   Mackinnon, A J ^a   Korten, A ^a   Jorm, A F ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COGNITION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GENOTYPE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPONSE TIME; VISION;

EID: 0035210514     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.16.4.588     Document Type: Article

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