Life-course socioeconomic position and incidence of dementia and cognitive impairment without dementia in older Mexican Americans: Results from the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 173, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1148-1158

  Al Hazzouri, Adina Zeki ^a   Haan, Mary N ^b   Kalbfleisch, John D ^a   Galea, Sandro ^c   Lisabeth, Lynda D ^a   Aiello, Allison E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

aged; dementia; longitudinal studies; Mexican Americans; social class; socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; AGING; LATINO PEOPLE; LIFE CYCLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; SACRAMENTO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955759260     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq483     Document Type: Article

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