Does widowhood affect memory performance of older persons?

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 217-226

  Aartsen, Marja J ^a,b,c   Van Tilburg, Theo ^a,b,c   Smits, Carolien H M ^a,b,c   Comijs, Hannie C ^a,b,c   Knipscheer, Kees C P M ^a,b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING TEST; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WIDOW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 13944255064     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291704002831     Document Type: Article

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