Older Men Who Use Computers Have Lower Risk of Dementia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Almeida, Osvaldo P ^a,b,c   Yeap, Bu B ^d,e   Alfonso, Helman ^a,b   Hankey, Graeme J ^c,d   Flicker, Leon ^b,c,d   Norman, Paul E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; E-MAIL; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECREATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTERS; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNET; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK;

EID: 84865510900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044239     Document Type: Article

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