Childhood nutritional deprivation and cognitive impairment among older Chinese people

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 941-949

  Zhang, Zhenmei ^a   Gu, Danan ^b   Hayward, Mark D ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Arm length; Childhood socioeconomic status; China; Cognitive function; Cognitive impairment; Life course; Longitudinal; Nutritional status; Oldest old

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; COGNITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

ADULTHOOD; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM LENGTH; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CHINESE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUNGER; KNEE HEIGHT; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OCCUPATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS;

CHINA;

EID: 77955096215     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.05.013     Document Type: Article

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