Subjective cognitive functioning as a predictor of all cause mortality in an Israeli national sample of community dwelling older adults

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 830-836

  Ayalon, Liat ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cognition; Death; Epidemiology; Insight; Prognosis; Subjective evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONFUSION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RECOGNITION; RISK FACTOR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 50249114458     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1991     Document Type: Article

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