Neighborhood socioeconomic status and cognitive function in women

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1721-1728

  Shih, Regina A ^a   Ghosh Dastidar, Bonnie ^a   Margolis, Karen L ^b   Slaughter, Mary E ^a   Jewell, Adria ^a   Bird, Chloe E ^a   Eibner, Christine ^a   Denburg, Natalie L ^c   Ockene, Judith ^d   Messina, Catherine R ^e   Espeland, Mark A ^f  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b HEALTHPARTNERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80051954943     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300169     Document Type: Article

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