Brain reserve and dementia: A systematic review

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 441-454

  Valenzuela, Michael J ^a,b   Sachdev, Perminder ^a,b  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCHRANE LIBRARY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MEDLINE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; OCCUPATION; PREDICTION; PSYCINFO; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BRAIN; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 33644919176     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291705006264     Document Type: Review

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