Auditory threshold, phonologic demand, and incident dementia

Neurology

Volumn 79, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 1583-1590

  Gallacher, John ^a   Ilubaera, Victor ^a   Ben Shlomo, Yoav ^b   Bayer, Antony ^a   Fish, Mark ^c   Babisch, Wolfgang ^d   Elwood, Peter ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c TAUNTON AND SOMERSET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DSM-IV; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY;

EID: 84867524064     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31826e263d     Document Type: Article

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