Alcohol consumption and domain-specific cognitive function in older adults: Longitudinal data from the johns hopkins precursors study

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 66 B, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-47

  Gross, Alden L ^a   Rebok, George W ^a   Ford, Daniel E ^a,b   Chu, Audrey Y ^a   Gallo, Joseph J ^c   Liang, Kung Yee ^a   Meoni, Lucy A ^a   Shihab, Hasan M ^b   Wang, Nae Yuh ^a   Klag, Michael J ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cognition; Epidemiology; Older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79951985997     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbq062     Document Type: Article

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