The dynamics of blood pressure and cognitive functioning: Results from 6-year follow-up of an elderly cohort

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 813-817

  Paran, Ester ^a   Anson, Ofra ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYSTOLE;

EID: 80355144490     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2011.00525.x     Document Type: Article

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