The association of cognitive performance with mental health and physical functioning strengthens with age: The Whitehall II cohort study

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 837-845

  Jokela, M ^a,b   Singh Manoux, A ^a,c   Ferrie, J E ^a   Gimeno, D ^a,d   Akbaraly, T N ^a,e   Shipley, M J ^a   Head, J ^a   Elovainio, M ^a,f   Marmot, M G ^a   Kivimaki M ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^g FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive epidemiology; Intelligence; Longitudinal studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETIREMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONDON; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETIREMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77952426589     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291709991024     Document Type: Article

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