Variation in cognitive functioning as a refined approach to comparing aging across countries

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 770-774

  Skirbekk, Vegard ^a,b   Loichinger, Elke ^a,b,c   Weber, Daniela ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^b International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis   (Austria)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CHRONOLOGY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARDIZATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84856383168     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1112173109     Document Type: Article

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