Terminal pathologies affect rates of decline to different extents and age accelerates the effects of terminal pathology on cognitive decline

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 66 B, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 325-334

  Rabbitt, Patrick ^a,b   Lunn, Mary ^b   Pendleton, Neil ^c   Yardefagar, Ghasem ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cognition; Death and dying; Epidemiology; Health; Longitudinal change

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGING; CAUSE OF DEATH; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79960101370     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbr026     Document Type: Article

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