Associations of job demands and intelligence with cognitive performance among men in late life

Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 19 PART 2, 2008, Pages 1803-1808

  Potter, Guy G ^a,b   Helms, Michael J ^a   Plassman, Brenda L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; INTELLIGENCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TELEPHONE; VETERAN; VISION;

EID: 43249109338     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000295506.58497.7e     Document Type: Article

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