Cognitive function, social integration and mortality in a U.S. national cohort study of older adults

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Obisesan, Thomas O ^a   Gillum, R F ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68949210578     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-9-33     Document Type: Article

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