How the 1932 and 1947 mental surveys of Aberdeen schoolchildren provide a framework to explore the childhood origins of late onset disease and disability

Maturitas

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 365-372

  Whalley, Lawrence J ^a   Murray, Alison D ^a   Staff, Roger T ^b   Starr, John M ^c   Deary, Ian J ^d   Fox, Helen C ^a   Lemmon, Helen ^e   Duthie, Susan J ^f   Collins, Andrew R ^f,g   Crawford, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c Royal Victoria Hospital Edinburgh   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL CORNHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; Childhood intelligence; Cognitive ageing; Dementia; Epidemiology; Genotype; Nutrition; Observational study; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MENTAL HEALTH; ONSET AGE; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCOTLAND;

EID: 79960007981     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: 18734111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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