Cognitive performance in centenarians and the oldest old: Norms from the georgia centenarian study

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 575-590

  Miller, L Stephen ^a   Mitchell, Meghan B ^a   Woodard, John L ^b   Davey, Adam ^c   Martin, Peter ^d   Poon, Leonard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BDS; Centenarians; Cognition; MMSE; Normative; Population based; SIB

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GEORGIA; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77956357887     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825585.2010.481355     Document Type: Article

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