Activity participation and cognitive aging from age 50 to 80 in the Glostrup 1914 cohort

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1831-1838

  Gow, Alan J ^a,b   Mortensen, Erik L ^a   Avlund, Kirsten ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

cognitive aging; leisure activity; physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEISURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 84867514708     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04168.x     Document Type: Article

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