The role of early-life conditions in the cognitive decline due to adverse events later in life

Economic Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 548, 2010, Pages

  Van Den Berg, Gerard J ^a,b   Deeg, Dorly J H ^c   Lindeboom, Maarten ^d   Portrait, France ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; BUSINESS CYCLE; COGNITION; CONDITION FACTOR; DATA SET; PSYCHOLOGY;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 77958565645     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2010.02396.x     Document Type: Article

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