Memory decline and depressive symptoms in a nationally representative sample of older adults: The Health and Retirement Study (1998-2004)

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 266-271

  González, Hector M ^a,b,c   Bowen, Mary E ^a   Fisher, Gwenith G ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive decline; Depression; Learning; Memory; Older adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RECALL; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; VERBAL MEMORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREVALENCE; RETIREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40549089518     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000115976     Document Type: Article

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