Does cognition predict mortality in midlife? Results from the Whitehall II cohort study

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 688-695

  Sabia, Séverine ^a   Guéguen, Alice ^a   Marmot, Michael G ^b   Shipley, Martin J ^b   Ankri, Joël ^a,c,d   Singh Manoux, Archana ^a,b,c  

^a HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines University   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

'g' factor; Cognitive epidemiology; Cognitive function; Memory; Mortality; Reasoning; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PHONEME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LIFE STYLE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77049121495     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.05.007     Document Type: Article

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