Executive function (capacity for behavioral self-regulation) and decline predicted mortality in a longitudinal study in Southern Colorado

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 307-314

  Amirian, E ^a   Baxter, Judith ^b   Grigsby, Jim ^c   Curran Everett, Douglas ^d   Hokanson, John E ^b   Bryant, Lucinda L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Global Health and Health Disparities   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive decline; Cognitive impairment; Executive cognitive function; Hispanic; Mortality; San Luis Valley Health and Aging Study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BEHAVIORAL DYSCONTROL SCALE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COLORADO; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL;

EID: 75749089230     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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