Cigarette Smoking and Cognitive Decline in Midlife: Evidence from a Prospective Birth Cohort Study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 994-998

  Richards, Marcus ^a,b   Jarvis, Martin J ^a   Thompson, Neil ^a   Wadsworth, Michael E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERBAL MEMORY; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FOLLOW UP; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCCUPATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM; VISION;

ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCUPATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; READING; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0037564059     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.6.994     Document Type: Article

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