Time away from work predicts later cognitive function: Differences by activity during leave

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 455-462

  Leist, Anja K ^a,b   Glymour, M Maria ^c   Mackenbach, Johan P ^b   van Lenthe, Frank J ^b   Avendano, Mauricio ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cognitive reserve; Employment status

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; TIME; UNEMPLOYMENT;

COGNITION; COGNITIVE RESERVE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SICK LEAVE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84880751690     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2013.05.014     Document Type: Article

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