New norms for a new generation: Cognitive performance in the Framingham Offspring Cohort

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 333-358

  Au, Rhoda ^a   Seshadri, Sudha ^a   Wolf, Philip A ^a   Elias, Merrill F ^b,c   Elias, Penelope K ^b,c   Sullivan, Lisa ^d   Beiser, Alexa ^d   D'Agostino, Ralph B ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c University of Maine   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; SAMPLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT CHILDREN; AGED; AGING; COGNITION; COHORT EFFECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 4544350047     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610730490484380     Document Type: Article

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