Enriched Environment at Work and the Incidence of Dementia: Results of the Leipzig Longitudinal Study of the Aged (LEILA 75+)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Then, Francisca S ^a   Luppa, Melanie ^a   Schroeter, Matthias L ^a,b   König, Hans Helmut ^c   Angermeyer, Matthias C ^d,e   Riedel Heller, Steffi G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d Center for Public Mental Health   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; JOB PERFORMANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGER; PLANNING; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

AGED; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; RISK FACTORS; WORK;

EID: 84880840554     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070906     Document Type: Article

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