Change in sensory functioning predicts change in cognitive functioning: Results from a 6-year follow-up in the Maastricht Aging Study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 374-380

  Valentijn, Susanne A M ^a   Van Boxtel, Martin P J ^a   Van Hooren, Susan A H ^a   Bosma, Hans ^a   Beckers, Henny J M ^b   Ponds, Rudolf W H M ^a   Jolles, Jelle ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Hearing; Longitudinal study; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING AID; HUMAN; LEARNING TEST; MALE; MEMORY; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTION; SENSATION; VISUAL ACUITY; HEARING; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 17444369000     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53152.x     Document Type: Article

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