Alcohol effects on cognitive change in middle-aged and older adults

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 12-23

  Zanjani, Faika ^a   Downer, Brian G ^a   Kruger, Tina M ^b   Willis, Sherry L ^c   Schaie, K Warner ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; alcohol; cognition

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873333531     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2012.717254     Document Type: Article

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