Bilingualism, not immigration status, is associated with maintained cognitive level in Alzheimer's disease

Cortex

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1442-1443

  Schweizer, Tom A ^a,b,c   Craik, Fergus I M ^d,e   Bialystok, Ellen ^d,f  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; LANGUAGE; NOTE;

EID: 84876707940     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2012.10.012     Document Type: Note

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