Effects of demographic and environmental variables on cognitive performance in a rural community sample of elderly people living in Southern Italy

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 398-402

  Milan, Graziella ^a   Iavarone, Alessandro ^b,e   Vargas, Nicola F ^c   Vargas, Natascia M ^a   Fiorillo, Francesco ^a   Galeone, Filomena ^d   Gallotta, Giovanni ^a   Postiglione, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Ospedale CTO   (Italy)

^c Gerovit Center   (Italy)

^d Cardiology Unit   (Italy)

^e SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognition; Dementia; Elderly; Neuroepidemiology

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; REGISTER; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 10244261502     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324570     Document Type: Article

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