Does executive function explain the iq-mortality association? evidence from the canadian study on health and aging

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 196-204

  Hall, Peter A ^a   Dubin, Joel A ^a   Crossley, Margaret ^b   Holmqvist, Maxine E ^c   D'Arcy, Carl ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Executive function; IQ; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; FOLLOW UP; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; SYMBOLISM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CANADA; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REFERENCE VALUES; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 65649130386     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e318190d7f0     Document Type: Article

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