Alcohol consumption and cognitive function in the Whitehall II study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 240-247

  Britton, Annie ^a   Singh Manoux, Archana ^a   Marmot, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Cognition; Cohort studies; Men; Middle aged; Women

Indexed keywords

COGNITION;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL HEALTH; PHONEME; SEMANTICS; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING;

EID: 3442880123     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwh206     Document Type: Article

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