Healthy cognitive aging and leisure activities among the oldest old in Japan: Takashima study

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1193-1200

  Dodge, Hiroko H ^a,b,c   Kita, Yoshikuni ^d   Takechi, Hajime ^e   Hayakawa, Takehito ^f   Ganguli, Mary ^g   Ueshima, Hirotsugu ^d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthy aging; Japanese cohort; Leisure activities; Normative data; Oldest old; Takashima study

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GAIT; GARDENING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEISURE; MALE; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RECREATION; SINGING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING; TELEVISION VIEWING; TRAVEL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WALKING;

EID: 57149095710     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/63.11.1193     Document Type: Article

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