Cognitive performance and leukocyte telomere length in two narrow age-range cohorts: A population study

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Mather, Karen A ^a,b   Jorm, Anthony F ^c   Anstey, Kaarin J ^a   Milburn, Peter J ^d   Easteal, Simon ^d   Christensen, Helen ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Biology and Environment   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TELOMERE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TELOMERE;

EID: 77956578925     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-10-62     Document Type: Article

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