School attainment in childhood is an independent risk factor of dementia in late life: Results from a Brazilian sample

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-61

  Bezerra, Ana Beatriz Costa ^a   Coutinho, Evandro Silva Freire ^b   Barca, Maria Lage ^a,c   Engedal, Knut ^c   Engelhardt, Eliasz ^a   Laks, Jerson ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's; cognitive reserve; dementia; education; elderly

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERFORMANCE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL;

AGED; BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 82055202972     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610211001554     Document Type: Article

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