Does cognitive status modify the relationship between education and mortality? Evidence from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-91

  Brehaut, Jamie C ^a   Raina, Parminder ^b   Lindsay, Joan ^c  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Cognition; Dementia; Education; Epidemiology; Etiology; Mortality; Reserve

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL STUDY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 3042767731     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610204000080     Document Type: Article

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