Examination of the common cause account in a population-based longitudinal study with narrow age cohort design

Gerontology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 553-563

  Sternäng, Ola ^a,b   Jonsson, Bert ^c   Wahlin, Åke ^a,b   Nyberg, Lars ^c   Nilsson, Lars Göran ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Stockholm Brain Institute   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognitive functioning; Common cause account; Sensory functioning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SENSORY SYSTEM; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITION; COHORT EFFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSATION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SWEDEN;

EID: 78049416624     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000279754     Document Type: Article

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