Lifespan influences on mid- To late-life cognitive function in a Chinese birth cohort

Neurology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 186-194

  Zhang, Z X ^a   Plassman, B L ^b   Xu, Q ^c   Zahner, G E P ^c   Wu, B ^e   Gai, M Y ^a   Wen, H B ^a   Chen, X ^a   Gao, S ^a   Hu, D ^f   Xiao, X H ^a   Shen, Y ^a   Liu, A M ^a   Xu, T ^d  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^f BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BIRTH; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHINA; CHINESE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EFFECT SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; NUTRITION EDUCATION; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; ANIMAL; ASIAN; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAIRY PRODUCT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DAIRY PRODUCTS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 68949175288     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181ae7c90     Document Type: Article

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