Association between alcohol intake and domain-specific cognitive function in older women

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-12

  Espeland, Mark A ^a   Coker, Laura H ^a   Wallace, Robert ^b   Rapp, Stephen R ^a   Resnick, Susan M ^c   Limacher, Marian ^d   Powell, Lynda H ^e   Messina, Catherine R ^f  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Ethanol; Women's health

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMOGRAPHY; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS; ESTROGENS, CONJUGATED (USP); FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE 17-ACETATE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33746365383     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093532     Document Type: Article

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