Cognitive ability in childhood and cognitive decline in mid-life: Longitudinal birth cohort study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 328, Issue 7439, 2004, Pages 552-554

  Richards, Marcus ^a   Shipley, Beverly ^a   Fuhrer, Rebecca ^b   Wadsworth, Michael E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 1542283602     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.37972.513819.ee     Document Type: Article

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