Neighborhood deprivation, individual socioeconomic status, and cognitive function in older people: Analyses from the english longitudinal study of ageing

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 191-198

  Lang, Iain A ^a   Llewellyn, David J ^b   Langa, Kenneth M ^c   Wallace, Robert B ^d   Huppert, Felicia A ^e   Melzer, David ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cognitive function; Deprivation; Education; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POVERTY AREAS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 38549144143     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01557.x     Document Type: Article

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