Timing of onset of cognitive decline: Results from Whitehall II prospective cohort study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7840, 2012, Pages

  Singh Manoux, Archana ^a,b,c   Kivimaki, Mika ^b   Glymour, M Maria ^d   Elbaz, Alexis ^e,f   Berr, Claudine ^e,g   Ebmeier, Klaus P ^h   Ferrie, Jane E ⁱ   Dugravot, Aline ^a  

^a HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^g MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMANTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84859005924     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d7622     Document Type: Article

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