Poor decision making is a consequence of cognitive decline among older persons without alzheimer's disease or mild cognitive impairment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Boyle, Patricia A ^a,b   Yu, Lei ^a,b   Wilson, Robert S ^a,b   Gamble, Keith ^a,c   Buchman, Aron S ^a,b   Bennett, David A ^a,b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 84865167302     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043647     Document Type: Article

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