A model of executive functions in very old community dwellers: Evidence from the Sydney older persons study

Cortex

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-37

  Piguet, Olivier ^a,b   Grayson, David A ^a   Tate, Robyn L ^a   Bennett, Hayley P ^a,b   Lye, Tanya C ^a   Creasey, Helen ^a   Brooks, William S ^a,b   Broe, G Anthony ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Executive function; Measurement; Structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; RANDOMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 10044238770     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70175-8     Document Type: Article

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