Cognitive function after 11.5 years of alcohol use: Relation to alcohol use

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 156, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 747-752

  Leroi, Iracema ^a   Sheppard, Jeannie Marie ^a   Lyketsos, Constantine G ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Cognition; Dementia; Women

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COGNITION; MENTAL HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RACE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MARYLAND; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0037108316     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwf107     Document Type: Article

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