Testing cognitive function in elderly populations: The PROSPER study

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 385-389

  Houx, P J ^a   Shepherd, J ^b   Blauw, G J ^c   Murphy, M B ^d   Ford, I ^b   Bollen, E L ^c   Buckley, B ^d   Stott, D J ^b   Jukema, W ^c   Hyland, M ^d   Gaw, A ^b   Norrie, J ^b   Kamper, A M ^c   Perry, I J ^d   MacFarlane, P W ^b   Meinders, A Edo ^c   Sweeney, B J ^d   Packard, C J ^b   Twomey, C ^d   Cobbe, S M ^b   Westendorp, R G ^c   more..

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRAVASTATIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036785184     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.73.4.385     Document Type: Article

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