Prayer at midlife is associated with reduced risk of cognitive decline in Arabic women

Current Alzheimer Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 340-346

  Inzelberg, Rivka ^a,b   Afgin, Anne E ^a   Massarwa, Magda ^a   Schechtman, Edna ^c   Israeli Korn, Simon D ^a   Strugatsky, Rosa ^a   Abuful, Amin ^b   Kravitz, Efrat ^a,b   Farrerd, Lindsay A ^d   Friedlan, Robert P ^e  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Arabic; Dementia; Epidemiology; Leisure; Mild cognitive impairment; Prayer

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARAB; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARABS; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION;

EID: 84876874455     PISSN: 15672050     EISSN: 18755828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1567205011310030014     Document Type: Article

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