Social networks, social integration, and social engagement determine cognitive decline in community-dwelling Spanish older adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Zunzunegui, María Victoria ^a   Alvarado, Beatriz E ^a   Del Ser, Teodoro ^b   Otero, Angel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; DEPRESSION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOLOGY; SYMPTOM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0037352483     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/58.2.S93     Document Type: Article

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