Baseline leisure time activity and cognition more than two decades later

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-74

  Kåreholt, Ingemar ^a   Lennartsson, Carin ^a   Gatz, Margaret ^b   Parker, Marti G ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; cognition; engagement; leisure time activities; population study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INCOME; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLITICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; COGNITION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 78650383044     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2490     Document Type: Article

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