Cognitive impairment and mortality among nonagenarians: The Danish 1905 cohort survey

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 156-163

  Andersen, Kjeld ^a   Nybo, Hanne ^a   Gaist, David ^a   Petersen, Hans Chr ^a   Mcgue, Matt ^b   Jeune, Bernard ^a   Vaupel, James W ^a,c   Christensen, Kaare ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Elderly; Epidemiology; Mortality; Nonagenarians; Population based study

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX; SMOKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036121986     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000048647     Document Type: Article

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