Vascular disease and cognitive function: Evidence from the Whitehall II study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1445-1450

  Singh Manoux, Archana ^a   Britton, Annie R ^b   Marmot, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Socio economic position; Vascular disease; Whitehall II

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; RISK FACTOR; SEMANTICS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VASCULAR DISEASE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 0141958115     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.51464.x     Document Type: Article

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