Early Life Conditions and Cognitive Functioning in Later Life

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 158, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1083-1089

  Everson Rose, Susan A ^a,b   Mendes De Leon, Carlos F ^a,b   Bienias, Julia L ^a,b   Wilson, Robert S ^a,b   Evans, Denis A ^a,b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Child; Cognition; Longitudinal studies; Social class

Indexed keywords

AGING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLASS; COGNITION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; COGNITION; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; SAMPLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGING; CHICAGO; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SOCIAL CLASS;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344464749     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwg263     Document Type: Article

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