Understanding ageing: Further commentary on the limitations of cross-sectional designs for ageing research

Gerontology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 22-29

  Hofer, Scott M ^a   Sliwinski, Martin J ^b   Flaherty, Brian P ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cognition; Methodology

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SIMULATION;

EID: 0036178141     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000048920     Document Type: Article

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