Competence in everyday activities as a predictor of cognitive risk and mortality

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 207-224

  Allaire, Jason C ^a   Willis, Sherry L ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; PENNSYLVANIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33646336929     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825580490904228     Document Type: Article

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