Cognitive function among physically independent very old people in an urban community in Japan: The Itabashi Oldest-Old study II

Japanese Journal of Geriatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 214-220

  Iwasa, Hajime ^a,b   Gondo, Yasuyuki ^b   Furuna, Taketo ^b   Kobayashi, Erika ^b   Inagaki, Hiroki ^b   Sugiura, Miho ^b   Masui, Yukie ^b   Abe, Tsutomu ^b   Imuta, Hiromi ^c   Homma, Akira ^b   Suzuki, Takao ^b  

^a Japan Foundation of Aging and Health   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Community dwelling elderly; Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE); Oldest old age

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; ORIENTATION; RECALL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; AGE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE;

EID: 19444370036     PISSN: 03009173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3143/geriatrics.42.214     Document Type: Article

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