Changes in cognition during the course of eight years in elderly Japanese Americans: A multistate transition model

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 480-486

  Mitnitski, Arnold ^a,b   Fallah, Nader ^b   Wu, Yougui ^c   Rockwood, Kenneth ^b   Borenstein, Amy R ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; COGNITION; COGNITIVE ABILITIES SCREENING INSTRUMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTISTATE TRANSITIONAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGING; ASIAN AMERICANS; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952746521     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.03.013     Document Type: Article

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