Self-reported memory and cognitive performance among 75-year old people from three Nordic cities

Facts, Research and Intervention in Geriatrics

Volumn 0, Issue 0, 1997, Pages 55-65

  Fromholt, Pia ^a,c   Berg, Stig ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Center for Gerontopsychology   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Cross cultural comparison; Self rated mood; Self reported memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141562060     PISSN: 12824038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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