Cognitive function is associated with risk aversion in community-based older persons

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Boyle, Patricia A ^a   Yu, Lei ^a   Buchman, Aron S ^a   Laibson, David I ^b   Bennett, David A ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 80052567833     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-11-53     Document Type: Article

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