Educational attainment and cognitive decline in old age

Neurology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 460-465

  Wilson, R S ^a,c   Hebert, L E ^b,c   Scherr, P A ^d   Barnes, L L ^a,c   De Leon, C F Mendes ^b,c   Evans, D A ^b,c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHICAGO; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 61549093102     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000341782.71418.6c     Document Type: Article

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