The importance of untangling the role of nativity and bilingualism in Alzheimer's disease

Cortex

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1441-

  Fuller Thomson, Esme ^a   Milaszewski, Dorota ^b   Abdelmessih, Sherry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b LOFT Community Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CANADA; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NOTE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; COGNITIVE RESERVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM;

EID: 84876731716     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2012.10.001     Document Type: Note

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