Cognition and health disparities over the life course: Longevity as an example

Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 131-157

  Ryan, Lindsay H ^a   Smith, Jacqui ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; CHOLESTEROL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; KNOWLEDGE; LIFE EVENT; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MEMORY; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; MORTALITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 77953434423     PISSN: 01988794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1891/0198-8794.29.131     Document Type: Review

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