Mental work demands protect against cognitive impairment: MAAS prospective cohort study

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-45

  Bosma, Hans ^a   Van Boxtel, Martin P J ^a   Ponds, Rudolf W H M ^a   Houx, Peter J ^a   Burdorf, Alex ^b   Jolles, Jelle ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; JOB ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL TASK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORKLOAD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THINKING; WORK;

EID: 0037226287     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610730303710     Document Type: Article

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